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The courtyard of an elementary school is probably the last place on earth.

You'd ever expect someone to attempt hiring a hitman, not for a mother in Adelaide, Australia.

In 2001, the mom posed a startling question to another mom as they stood waiting for their kids to be let out of school.

Whether she knew anyone that could be hired to kill her lover's wife, and it just so happened, she did.

Join me now, as we take a look into the bizarre murder for higher case of Carolyn Matthews.

You'll hear the twisted story of a husband willing to risk everything for a seductress who'd stop at nothing to get her away.

Carolyn Tidd's well was born in Adelaide, Australia in 1963 to parents Doug Ynivon.

One of five siblings, Carolyn was the only girl among four brothers and was fortunate to be brought up in the suburb of Nettley.

The perfect place to raise a family in the 60s, a neighborhood teeming with young families, streets filled with children playing cricket, a beach town where neighbors organized picnics by the ocean just a few minutes away.

In many ways, the Australian beach life and culture of the 60s mirrored the nostalgic images of California from the same time period.

A parallel southern hemispheric paradise of sand, sun, good times, and family fun.

It was the kind of life that had attracted 11-year-old Carolyn to join Nippers, a junior version of one of the most enduring features of Australian beach life, a local surf lifesaving club,

a volunteer force of lifeguards dedicated to patrolling the country's more than 32,000 miles of coastline. For many who get involved, surf lifesaving wasn't just a hobby, it was a passion, culture, and form of identity.

And for Carolyn Tidd's well, it became just that. So much so, it was an influencing factor in her love life.

At age 14, in 1977, Carolyn met 17-year-old Kevin Matthews at a party. Not only was he fun, fit and handsome, most importantly to Carolyn, he was also a dedicated member of his local surf lifesaving club.

And before long, the initial sparks of attraction blossomed into teenage romance.

Although Kevin and Carolyn shared a love for their life-saving clubs, Kevin hadn't experienced the same nostalgia got bringing his Carolyn.

Instead, he was raised among foster siblings in a home where money was always extremely tight. But his heart-scrabble youth had only made him all the more determined to better himself financially.

When he first met Carolyn, Kevin had just started working at a national chain of tire repair stores called Bow Repairs. Eventually his hard work paid off, and he worked his way at the ladder all the way to regional manager.

In 1984, Kevin married Carolyn when she was 21, and he was 24. Six months later, they welcomed their first son Kenny. Three years later came Shane and in 1989, Daniel.

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