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48 Hours

Bad Blood

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.97K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Nancy Seaman was an award-winning teacher living in a wealthy suburb in Michigan. In 2004, she stabbed her husband, Bob, to death with a hatchet. At trial, Nancy admitted she killed Bob, but claimed it was self-defense and that Bob had been mentally and physically abusing her for years. The couple's two sons were divided on what to believe. “48 Hours" Correspondent Maureen Maher reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 11/3/2007. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:53.3

We lived in a beautiful house, had a boat, a plane.

0:57.0

Life is too short and life is too good to fight over stupid things.

1:02.0

Certain pictures, you'd be able to get everybody smiling,

1:06.0

get an impression that we were a happy family.

1:08.0

You put on a happy face sometimes.

1:10.0

They would yell at each other, you know, and argue with each other.

1:13.6

I didn't think it was that out of character for two married people to yell at each other.

1:17.6

You really saw his temper start to get worse and worse, and then the fights were worse.

1:22.6

My dad could say things that would make you matter than you would ever believe.

1:26.6

Him being such a physical guy, there's just no doubt in my mind that it led to a kill or be killed situation.

1:34.3

And I heard a step's coming toward me.

1:37.3

He grabbed me. Bob liked to grab and squeeze.

1:40.3

I thought he just lost it.

1:42.3

You no good bitch, I don't love you anymore. I hate you. I've wasted my life with you.

1:48.0

Why can't you just die?

1:50.0

I think she snapped.

1:52.0

I feel the handle of the hatchet that picked it up and I swaned.

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