Fatal Fire

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Kathy Blentlinger fears she's being stalked by her own sister-in-law, Suzy, who's rumored to be setting fires all over town. When Kathy dies in a house fire after an argument with Suzy, her death is ruled a homicide and her brother and sister are convinced Suzy had something to do with it. No one is arrested and Suzy passes away, but Kathy’s brother and sister suspect accomplices still walk the streets. To find out more about this case visit: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/fatal-fire/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was always people that knew each other or friends or something.
0:09.0	Their house had burned all of a sudden.
0:13.3	Every time she's there within a couple miles from where the fire started, everyone knew
0:19.3	who did it.
0:21.2	And nobody would do anything.
0:22.5	Everybody was afraid their house would go next.
0:25.0	It was just like she was satin' herself.
0:33.2	At 3.30 a.m., the phone rings at the home of Penny Smith and startles her awake.
0:38.2	Her sister Kathy's house is on fire, and no one is sure if Kathy made it out alive.
0:43.8	As Penny rushes to the scene, she believes she knows who's behind the fire.
0:48.0	And if she's right, a diabolical arsonist who's been lurking in plain sight might have
0:53.8	just committed murder.
0:55.9	And there's no way to know who's next.
1:04.8	I'm Steve French, and this is Unsolved Mysteries, Fatal Fire.
1:19.6	It's early in the morning on November 9th, 2007, when Kathy Bluntlander's sister, Penny
1:24.7	Smith, gets the devastating news.
1:30.0	About 3.38 in the morning, I guess it was.
1:33.3	I got a phone call from my sister, Jody.
1:36.7	She says Kathy's house is on fire, and they don't know if she made it out.
1:41.3	And I said, sis, I said I'll be there just as quick as I can get there.
1:44.9	And I told her on the phone, I said, don't worry yet, because Kathy's not supposed
1:49.5	to be home.
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