Dear Savanna
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2018
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
She eluded the FBI for two decades, but she couldn't outrun her past.
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| 0:09.4 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal. |
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| 0:30.0 | Wee! There you go! |
| 0:37.0 | Samantha? |
| 0:40.0 | Well done, good girl. Show me. |
| 0:42.0 | Happy G. |
| 0:44.0 | Happy G. |
| 0:46.0 | A few months before my mum gave birth to me, |
| 0:48.0 | she started writing a diary. |
| 0:50.0 | And it starts off on the first page saying, |
| 0:53.0 | to my dear Savannah, |
| 0:55.0 | someday I'll give this journal to you |
| 0:57.0 | so that you can hopefully understand your mother. |
| 0:59.0 | My name is Samantha Geldenhous. |
| 1:04.0 | I was born a Savannah, but I didn't know that. |
| 1:07.0 | Savannah Leibonette. |
| 1:10.0 | I grew up on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. |
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