Introducing MANslaughter

MANslaughter

Wondery

Murder, Manslaughter, Stordock, Psychopath, Dorothy, Marcic, With One Shot, Slaughter, Exhibit C, Man-slaughter, Sociopath, True Crime, Black Widow

3.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

MANslaughter tells intertwining stories about how one gunshot on a cold Wisconsin night in 1970 dramatically changed multiple lives. A bullet brutally tore through decorated law enforcement veteran LaVerne Stordock. Decades later, his niece, Dorothy Marcic, transformed herself into an amateur detective in a quest for truth and closure about that night. At the center of Dorothy’s investigation is Suzanne Brandon, LaVerne’s second wife, who confessed to the shooting -- and who Dorothy believes completely escaped justice. As it follows Dorothy’s discoveries, MANslaughter explores questions around the psychology of crime, the ways women are made responsible in families, and the lasting impact of trauma.

A final encounter between Suzanne and Dorothy reveals a complex connection that even that gunshot cannot shatter. MANslaughter is based on the book, With One Shotby Dorothy Marcic.

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0:00.0	On a cold midwestern night, a small town is still a really good time.
0:11.6	After a night of bowling and bar hopping, a married couple came home to the grandest
0:16.1	house in town, but inside, everything was falling apart.
0:24.6	Next after 2 a.m., one gunshot echoed through the sub-zero air outside.
0:31.2	A slender woman with loosely tied, dyed blonde hair stood over the lifeless cold body, the
0:36.6	right side of his head blasted away.
0:42.0	Verne Stordock was a respected family man and former police detective, his brutal death
0:47.4	shocked a Wisconsin community.
0:50.4	And that night, the first call his wife Suzanne made was a confession to the county sheriff.
1:07.4	An open-and-shut case, right?
1:09.0	Nobody gets away with killing a cop.
1:11.4	This is going to be a very short podcast.
1:15.0	Not a chance.
1:16.0	Well, at the end of the day, the legal demand has just come down to sort of a perfect
1:24.4	story.
1:25.4	Suzanne Stordock spent just three nights in a row, and she was in the middle of the
1:32.8	night.
1:33.8	Suzanne Stordock spent just three nights in jail, and went on to a long life.
1:48.7	She survived all of her five husbands, but there's far more to the story.
1:54.5	Years later, Verne's niece, a university professor and author, decided to dig into what
1:59.5	really happened and why.
2:02.0	What she found?
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