My dearest Christiana, my heart is heavy as I write these words to you,

for we can no longer carry on as we have in the past.

Our affair must come to a close.

I can no longer continue to endanger the reputation of my family,

my own good name, or that of my wife.

But my darling, please do not think that I shan't miss you, your tenderness, your smile,

your wonderful and kind words, your razor-sharp wit, and that thing you did in the bed backwards,

we're going to leave that part, I'll scratch that out.

Please know that I shall remember you fondly and keep you forever close to my heart, as I hope you will do for me.

Sincerely, in memory, Dr. James Beard.

P.S., if you could please refrain from poisoning and killing everyone in this town, that would also be very nice.

Featuring Joe Sweeney Thinking Side Race Podcast and filmmaker Vincent Calderney.

This is The Shocking Details.

All right.

So, what are we doing here?

So you know the the tawdry stuff, the gory stuff? The shocking details.

Oh, yeah. That's often what we remember about a crime, right?

Yeah, of course. They have the blood. Exactly. And often extraordinary crimes, they have boring, orderly, commonplace trials that aren't even worth mentioning.

Often, of course, not this one.

Always.

Yeah.

Explosive and insane trials sometimes come from really ordinary crimes.

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