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Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

Last month's series was Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

Last month's series was Buried Truth, where I told you about killers who hit their deadly secrets

for months or even years before their crimes were discovered. It got me wondering how does

someone live with that kind of secret? Does it keep them up at night? Make them

look over their shoulder every day wondering when they'll be found out?

And do they ever have the urge to confess their sins?

Those questions were the inspiration for this month's series,

Deathbed Confessions.

In this series you'll meet people who've kept dark secrets all their lives,

but who decide to finally reveal the truth when it appears their time on earth is ending.

In this first episode, a dying woman reveals the truth to her

children leading to a shocking discovery. This is chapter one of deathbed confessions,

the confession of Geraldine DeMarzio grew up in the same neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts.

They attended Somerville High School together where they first began dating. They made a well-matched

couple with fatigue dark-haired Jerry standing at 5 foot 2 inches tall and John also of smaller

stature at 5 foot 6 and weighing just over 130 pounds. After graduation

John served in the Army before returning to Somerville. He married his high

school sweetheart Jerry and they settled in their hometown. The

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