False Positive

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 38.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The night before she gave birth, Susan Horton had a salad for dinner. The next day, doctors told her she’d tested positive for opiates - and reported her to child welfare authorities. This episode is from our friends at the Reveal podcast. Listen to a longer version here. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:18.7	My contractions were coming on a lot stronger, and I still had to make dinner for my family,
1:26.7	so I got the easiest thing out of the fridge, which was frozen pizza and a salad kit from Costco.
1:28.9	This is Susan Horton.
1:31.7	She lives in Santa Rosa, California,
1:34.3	and in August of 2022,
1:37.8	she was just about to give birth to her fifth child.
1:41.6	I don't think I got much sleep that night,
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