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A Monster of a Mother - August 7 2021 - Todays True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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August 7th: Diane Downs Born (1944) The power of love can make even the most level headed person do some strange things. On August 7th 1944 a woman was born who would fall in love with a man that wasn’t accepting of her children. A woman who would do anything to spend the rest of her life with the man she so desperately loved. Wikipedia, ABC, oregonlive.com, filmdaily.co, thoughtco.com, crimemuseum.org, ibtimes.sg, heavy.com, Murderpedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I found my great-grandma Annie in the 1921 census on ancestry. I discovered she was widowed

0:35.9

in the First World War, living in York, raising six children

0:39.7

all by herself.

0:41.5

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0:48.9

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0:56.1

more records free until the 9th of March. Terms apply. There were two more murders.

1:01.9

When police arrive, they found the telephones and electricity lines. We have a weird homicide.

1:08.7

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

1:12.6

The power of love can make even the most level-headed person do some strange things.

1:20.4

On August 7, 1994, a woman was born who would fall in love with a man that wasn't accepting of her children.

1:27.7

A woman who would do anything to spend the rest of her life with a man she so desperately loved.

1:34.0

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:44.0

Elizabeth Diane Fredrickson Downs was born on August 7, 1955, to a family living in Phoenix, Arizona.

1:52.0

She was the oldest of four children, and, according to the stories she later told about her childhood,

1:57.6

was sexually abused by her own father at the age of 12, which may explain why the once

2:03.8

obedient daughter who followed her family's conservative values seemed to become more defiant

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