Diane Downs

Criminology

Emash Digital

True Crime

4.7 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In 1983, Diane Downs shot her three children and blamed it on someone who wanted to steal her car. Diane had a superficial gunshot wound to her arm as she pulled her car into the ambulance bay of a hospital in Springfield, Oregon. She told hospital staff and later law enforcement that a shaggy-haired man had shot them while attempting to steal her car. One of Diane's daughters was pronounced dead at the hospital, while her other two children lived but suffered significant life-changing injuries. Join Mike and Morf as they discuss Diane Downs, who became one of the most hated women in America. The story she told law enforcement changed a few times, and they quickly saw through it. The blood evidence also contradicted her stories. At trial, Diane's oldest daughter had recovered to the point where she could speak, and she told the packed courtroom that it was her mom who shot them. The motive for the shootings left everyone in disbelief. You can help support the show at patreon.com/criminology An Emash Digital production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Criminology is a true crime podcast that may contain discussion about violent or disturbing topics.
0:05.7	Listener discretion is advised. Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to episode 2 82 of the criminology podcast this is Mike Ferguson and this is Mike
0:44.5	more for for man how you doing buddy I'm doing good how you do I'm doing great
0:49.7	having a really good week, went down to the college
0:55.5	that both of my daughters attend,
0:58.3	was able to take them out to lunch,
1:00.1	and we spent not a day together,
1:02.4	but you know, like two or three hours before their next class and it was just a nice time you know I miss them I don't get to see them enough so that that kind of special. That's awesome when you get that time and I've been doing a little bit of fishing in my spare time, not that I have a lot of spare time, but it's got to find a little bit of time to do stuff break up the routine.
1:25.5	Yeah yeah absolutely and if you can do it with you know while spending time with
1:31.2	family and all that, even better.
1:34.4	I do have this quick story.
1:36.4	My oldest called me the other night and said,
1:40.7	dad, there's a serial killer in the city where, you know, the colleges that they go to school.
1:47.0	And I was like, okay, you've piqued my interest and she said they found a decapitated body.
1:56.0	The head was there, the limbs were there,
1:59.4	and the torso was there, it was all there,
2:02.0	except for, I think, for for the bottom but it had been
2:04.8	dismembered and it was such a weird thing because the true crime person in me
2:11.4	was fascinated and then the dad in me was like oh my gosh this is like two
2:17.6	streets over from where my daughter lives now I'm scared that's that's very creepy and that's, you know, the mix of, yeah, you want to know more about it because of the true crime part, but you can understand you being worried about your daughter too.
2:31.0	Yeah, and then she said, well, there's, there was rumors I guess that they had found
2:36.1	three bodies, but it's only one.
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