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Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

Court Stream: Donna Adelson's Sentencing with STS LIVE #BestGuest Analysis

Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

Big Pond Podcasts

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 186 minutes

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0:00.0

She looks like a broken woman, but is it remorse manipulation or just the reality of an impending life sentence setting in?

0:12.3

Tim Jansen and the crew, they're here to discuss Donna Adelson's sentencing, which is about to go down in Tallahassee.

0:23.9

Welcome to the global phenomenon, Surviving the Survivor, where we bring you the best guests in all of true crime.

0:31.6

Here's your host, Emmy Award winning journalist Joel Waltman.

0:35.8

What's up, STS Nation?

0:36.9

Welcome to Surviving and Survivor.

0:38.0

This is the show that brings you the very best guests in all of true crime.

0:42.2

Today is the day.

0:44.5

Don Adelson, the 75-year-old Florida grandmother,

0:47.8

convicted in the murder-for-hire plot of one-time FSU Law Professor Dan Markell.

0:53.6

She will learn her sentence in just a few moments time.

0:58.5

Will her age, her health, or family history matter to Judge Stephen Everett, or will the court

1:05.6

simply make an example out of the matriarch here to break down the great Tim Jansen big day Tim

1:15.0

welcome we are looking for Joe Petuto we might have to put out a Bolo she's usually

1:21.7

right on time all the time but Joe is supposed to join as well I'm sure she will be here

1:27.2

any moment but Tim Jansen,

1:31.4

lay the foundation. How is this going to go down today? What should we expect? How long is this

1:36.8

going to be the whole McGillow? Well, the judge is probably going to ask both parts that they've seen

1:41.4

the pre-sentence investigation, which they both have.

1:49.4

Anybody having the objections to it? I haven't seen anything filed. I didn't see a sentencing memorandum filed. I looked earlier today. I think it's a fait accompli, right? She's going to get life

1:57.0

in count one. She'll probably get 30 years on count two, 30 years on count three, and they'll all

2:02.3

run consecutive. I think that's what's going to happen. And it's pretty, it's pretty, I went

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