Groomed to Die: The Kendzia Children | Part 3: Shannon

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

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🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In the first two episodes of this miniseries, I told you about the deaths of two baby boys who were adopted and died within nine months of each other. I also told you about the subsequent murder trial of their adoptive mother, Susan Kendzia, who was acquitted of Michael’s murder and never tried for Kevin’s.

In this episode, I will tell you about another child who endured years of abuse and torture at Susan’s hands, a chronically ill child whose sickness was never investigated after her baby brothers died even though Munchausen by proxy was brought up at Susan’s trial.

This is part 3: Shannon.

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0:00.0	Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:10.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.
0:15.0	Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.
0:19.0	All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm travelling find all the comfort you need in the quiet
0:25.5	lounge Piando ferries that is another way this podcast contains descriptions
0:31.8	of violence against children and adult language and is not suitable for all audiences.
0:37.0	Listen or discretion is advised. Oh, Oh, uh, oh, oh, the Kenzia Children, the first ever suffer the Little Children Podcast miniseries.
1:26.0	I'm your host, Lane, and this is part three, Shannon.
1:30.0	In the first two episodes of this mini-series, I told you about the deaths of two baby boys who were adopted and died within nine months of each other.
1:40.0	I also told you about the subsequent murder trial of their adoptive mother, Susan Kansia, who was acquitted of Michael's murder and never tried for Kevin's.
1:49.0	In this episode, I will tell you about another child who endured years of abuse and torture at
1:54.5	Susan's hands, a chronically ill child whose sickness was never investigated after her
1:59.6	baby brothers died, even though Munchhausen by proxy was brought up at Susan's trial.
2:05.7	This is part three, Shannon.
2:09.3	I'd like to give a quick shout out to my newest patrons, Kayla B from Killeen, Texas, Diana M from
2:15.8	Foxton Beach, New Zealand, and Brianne L from East Boston, Massachusetts. Thank you all so much for your support, which helps me to keep making this podcast.
2:27.0	If you'd like to help keep the show going, you can make a pledge at patreon.com slash
2:32.0	STLC pod, or contribute at K.O-F-I.com slash STLc pod. Thank you again. By early 1980, Susan and Doug Cook, both 20 years old, had already welcomed their first child, Christie, and were expecting their second.
2:55.7	As I mentioned in part one, Susan had always wanted a son.
3:00.7	In one of their recorded phone calls, Susan's attorney, Kenneth Usner, said,
3:05.0	She has had such a burning desire all of her life to have a son.
3:09.0	She wants to go to basketball games.
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