Today is Friday, August 5th, 2022.

On this day in 1998, Marie Noe was arrested for killing eight of her children.

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This episode includes discussions of murder and child abuse.

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Today we're talking about Marie No, who murdered eight of her children over a two-decade period. For nearly 40 years, her crimes were confused

for medical accidents until justice was finally served. Now let's go back to Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania on August 5th, 1998.

When police showed up at Marie No's door to arrest her, She was hardly surprised. In fact, she'd been expecting

them. They told her she was being charged with murdering eight of her children. Now almost 70 years

old, Marie had very little fight left in her. She was ready to confess. As she was led away in

handcuffs, perhaps she wondered what or who had

finally brought the police to her door after all these years.

Marie's story first emerged in a 1997 book called The Death of Innocence. It was a groundbreaking

investigation into sudden infant death syndrome,

or SIDS, sometimes referred to as crib death. Even today, the cause is still generally unknown

and being studied by scientists. However, the book did debunk some pre-existing theories on the disease.

For instance, it squashed the idea that SIDS could run in families. However, the book did debunk some pre-existing theories on the disease.

For instance, it squashed the idea that SIDS could run in families.

So when investigative journalist Stephen Freed flipped through the pages, he found

Marie and Arthur Knows' story particularly curious.

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