Deadly Therapy: Susan Polk

Once Upon A Crime

Esther Ludlow

Truecrime, History, True Crime, Crime, Criminals, Criminology, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Susan Polk enters into a relationship with her therapist when she is a young girl. Years later, after 20 years of marriage, she will claim she has been abused by her husband for decades. After he is found dead in their guest house the question would be, was this a case of self-defense or a cold-blooded murder? Resources: Court record: The People, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Susan Mae Polk, Defendant and Applellant, Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. 031668-7, December 13, 2010 Articles: A California Murder Raises Troubling Issues by Carol Pogash for The New York Times, September 18, 2005 Obituary of Dr. F. Felix Polk, SFGate.com, November 5, 2002. Slaying rips apart a family in Orinda by Jason Dearen for Bay Area News Group, October 10, 2005. Convicted Orinda killer Susan Polk denied parole, kicked out of hearing midway through by Nate Gartrell for Bay Area News Group, July 17, 2019.

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.0	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:06.8	It is not intended for children.
0:08.7	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.1	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once upon a Crime.
0:21.3	We're in the series Deadly Therapy.
0:23.9	In this episode, I'll tell you the story about a woman who enters therapy as a teenager.
0:29.2	And then into an inappropriate relationship with her therapist.
0:33.1	She will eventually marry the much older man.
0:36.0	And years later, accuse him of physical abuse and mind control.
0:40.7	When the relationship ends with one of them dead,
0:43.5	it is left to determine, was this the case of self-defense or a cold blooded murder?
0:49.6	This is the last chapter in the series Deadly Therapy, the story of Susan Hulk.
0:56.1	Sunday night October 13th, 2002, was the end of a long weekend for Dr. Felix Polk.
1:05.7	His 19-year-old son Adam had arrived on Friday from college to spend the weekend with his parents.
1:11.8	He was also picking up his dog to take back with him to the University of Los Angeles.
1:17.2	On Sunday morning, Dr. Polk and his youngest son, Gabriel, age 15,
1:21.8	awoke very early to make the six-hour drive from O'Rinda, California to Los Angeles to drive Adam
1:27.8	back to college. By the time they returned home that same evening, it was after 10 pm.
1:34.7	Exhausted, Dr. Polk undressed and fell into bed wearing only his boxer shorts.
1:41.1	There was nothing out of the ordinary about the next day, Monday October 14th, at the Polk House.
1:46.8	Susan picked up Gabriel from school in the afternoon and drove him to a blockbuster video
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