Encore: Matriarch of Murder: Sante and Kenneth Kimes' Trail of Death, Part I

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong walks us through the sinister activities of Sante and Kenneth Kimes, a mother-son duo whose criminal exploits shocked the nation. They were jailed for, among other crimes, the murder of 82 year old Irene Silverman in 2000, after Sante plotted to kill her to take ownership of her Upper East Side mansion. Candice explores the complicated and potentially incestuous relationship between mother and son, and what might have led them down this trail of death.

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, intrigued by the psychology behind the crime,
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0:18.5	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone.
0:25.0	Please be advised.
0:34.6	Social life, Irene Silverman was enjoying a festive dinner with two friends in the kitchen
0:41.3	of her Bow Arts Mansion on the Upper East Side on July 4, 1998.
0:48.7	When the 82-year-old woman looked up at the closed circuit security monitors on her wall, she grew agitated.
0:57.0	There was her newest tenant ducking his face from the camera. Again.
1:04.0	The wealthy widow regretted renting an apartment in her luxury building to the young man.
1:10.9	A week after his arrival, she became suspicious of his secretive behavior and asked him to
1:17.5	leave.
1:18.7	But he refused.
1:21.2	Next, she cut the phone service to his apartment, but he would not budge.
1:27.7	Silverman's friends worried about her safety and Silverman's staff voiced their concerns about
1:33.7	her staying there alone while they were off for the holiday.
1:38.8	But Silverman was not easily intimidated.
1:42.8	She felt everything would be resolved that coming Monday morning,
1:46.8	July 6th, the day her business manager was going to serve the difficult tenant and eviction notice.
1:54.6	But the feisty widow did not understand what she was up against, and within hours, Irene Silverman would vanish off the face of the earth.
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