Donna Adelson: Defense Team Files Notice of Appeal After Murder Conviction
Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime
Big Pond Podcasts
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Donna Adelson is not done fighting, the 75-year-old matriarch of the Dan Markell murder for hire plot, which sadly was successful back in July 2014. |
| 0:13.6 | Well, she has now filed her notice of appeal vowing to challenge everything from pretrial rulings to her life sentence behind bar. |
| 0:25.8 | Welcome to the global phenomenon, Surviving the Survivor, where we bring you the best guests |
| 0:31.2 | in all of true crime. Here's your host Emmy Award winning journalist Joel Waldman. |
| 0:37.6 | What's up, SCS Nation? Welcome to Surv and the Survivor. This is the show that brings you the very best guests in all of true crime. |
| 0:45.6 | You've got the Brainiac panel coming to you in just a moment. Tonight, we're diving deep into the next twist in the Dan Markell murder case, just weeks after being |
| 0:56.8 | sentenced to life in prison on September 4th to be, well, the sentencing was after the conviction |
| 1:01.4 | was September 4th. So it is just a few weeks. Donna Edelson, who is the 75-year-old mother and |
| 1:07.4 | grandmother at the center of this infamous murder for hire plot. |
| 1:11.0 | She has officially filed her notice of appeal. |
| 1:14.4 | Her Tallahassee attorneys, Josh Zellman and Jackie Fulford, you know them. |
| 1:18.8 | They filed the paperwork yesterday, November 4th, later in the day, telling the court she is |
| 1:25.3 | appealing the pretrial rulings, the evidence admitted at trial, |
| 1:29.9 | the jury's verdict, and the life sentence itself. |
| 1:35.1 | Without further or two, let's bring in the guess. |
| 1:37.4 | You've got the former Florida state attorney, youngest state senator ever, I believe, |
| 1:43.8 | and now a defense attorney in private practice, |
| 1:47.2 | Dave Arnberg. |
| 1:48.8 | Next up, you've got the high priestess of STS. |
| 1:53.1 | She is the matriarch of this case, I would say. |
| 1:57.3 | Karm is the purest of the matriarchs on this show, but Joe Petuto, just maybe a quarter |
| 2:03.1 | or an eighth of the rung below her in that category. This is Professor Joe Petuto, Professor |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Big Pond Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Big Pond Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

