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LOVE MURDER

Death and Deceit in Detroit: Alan Canty, Dawn Spens, John "Lucky" Fry

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

When a prominent psychologist takes a walk on the wild side, he gets in too deep with a teenage sex worker and her pimp boyfriend, leading to a fatal fall out. This Week's Show is Brought to You By: Bambee - Put your HR on autopilot - bambee.com/lovemurder Dame - Get In Touch With Yourself - dameproducts.com code: LOVEMURDER for 15% off Sources: "Masquerade" by Lowell Cauffiel "A Life Divided" by Jan Canty PhD Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Okay, Jessie, last week's pastor wife has stirred a lot of discussion.

0:05.1

What's the story this week?

0:06.5

When a prominent psychologist takes a walk on the wild side,

0:10.3

he gets in too deep with a teenage sex worker and her pimp boyfriend leading to a fatal fault.

0:16.8

I'm Andy Cassette, and I'm Jessie Prey, and this is Love Murder.

0:30.0

Hi, Andy. Hi, Jessie. Welcome back everyone to Love Murder, a podcast about odd couples, strange arrangements, and love gone fatally wrong.

0:57.0

You can find Love Murder on Twitter and Instagram at Love MurderPod and on Facebook by searching Love Murder podcast.

1:04.0

And as always, if you enjoyed the show, please love slash murder, a five-star rating on your podcast app, subscribe and review to help new people discover the show.

1:13.5

Also, if you're interested in supporting the show more directly, head on over to patreon.com slash Love MurderPod,

1:20.0

where you can learn all about the different tiers of support.

1:23.5

Speaking of Patreon, we are so excited as always to welcome and shout out a new set of wonderful patrons.

1:30.5

Josie M and Rose D, Joanna D and Susan C, Moni S and Michelle S, and finally Elise H.

1:41.0

Thank you guys so much for joining us. I'm really excited about today, Andy.

1:45.0

This is a story that I found through looking up Lowell Koffiel's other works. We used him in that serial killer couple case where they were murdering the senior citizens.

1:59.5

And I really appreciated his journalistic approach. He has a wonderful storytelling style.

2:04.5

So I found another book of his called Masquerade, a true story of seduction compulsion and murder, which we'll be using today.

2:13.0

And through his work, I also found another book on the case told by one of the survivors, a life divided by Dr. Jan Canty.

2:22.5

So we will get more into Jan later. She's a phenomenal human being, a great psychologist and a kickass writer.

2:31.0

So what do you say we just jump right in today?

2:33.5

I mean, after that intro, we kind of have to, right?

2:37.5

Yeah.

2:38.5

On November 30th, 1983, 18-year-old Dawn Spens was working her usual midday shift,

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