How (Not) to Murder Your Husband: Inside the Story of Nancy Brophy

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In today’s Headlines, Candice is joined by novelist Heidi Tretheway, who was formerly a member of Brophy's writing group, and currently hosts the new Wondery limited series Happily Never After: Dan and Nancy. Together, they discuss possible reasons why Brophy committed such a horrible crime, and take a closer look at her behavior before and after the murder.

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0:00.0	Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to Killer Psyche early and ad free right now.
0:06.5	Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery app or on Apple Podcast.
0:19.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone. Please be advised. romance novelist Nancy Brophy focused her books on women who kill their abusive husbands
0:36.1	and then find happiness elsewhere.
0:38.8	Those self-published novels and a 2011 blog post she wrote titled
0:43.3	How to Murder Your Husband proved to be a thorn in Nancy's side
0:48.2	when she was put on trial for the murder of her husband Dan.
0:52.3	When Dan was murdered in 28. for the murder of her husband Dan.
0:53.3	When Dan was murdered in 2018 at his place of work,
0:56.8	suspicion immediately turned toward Nancy,
1:00.4	not just for her works of fiction, but also an incredible amount of circumstantial evidence.
1:07.0	Today's headline is courtesy of K-O-I-N-6 News, Portland.
1:13.6	Beaverton romance novelist and convicted murderer Nancy Crampton Brophy
1:17.9	has been sentenced to life in prison.
1:20.6	In 2018, Daniel Brophy was found shot to death in his classroom at the Oregon Culinary Institute.
1:27.0	A jury found Crampton Brophy guilty of second-degree murder last month saying she had killed her husband.
1:34.0	On this week's killer psyche, we go into depth about Dan's murder and Nancy's
1:39.2	psyche. Today we are talking with Heidi Treethaway, a Portland Oregon-based novelist who narrates the new
1:46.6	Wundery Podcast, Happily Never After, Dan and Nancy.
1:52.2	Heidi was in the same writing group as Nancy
1:55.0	and has the unique perspective of knowing her
1:58.0	before she committed murder.
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