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Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper

Introducing Where's Dia?

Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper

Pushkin Industries

History, True Crime

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from her home. She leaves behind her idyllic ranch, estranged children and a messy legal battle.

Two men in her life, her son and a man who claims to be her fiance, launch public campaigns to find her. But soon, their efforts – and stories – begin to unravel.

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0:00.0

Pushkin

0:09.0

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Since it was

0:15.1

established in 1861 there have been 3,317 people awarded with the medal.

0:21.5

I'm Malcolm Gladwell and our new podcast from

0:24.2

Pushkin Industries and I Heart Media is about those heroes. What they did, what it

0:29.8

meant, and what their stories tell us about the nature of courage and sacrifice.

0:35.5

Listen to Medal of Honor, stories of courage, on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

0:41.5

or wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:44.0

Nancy's love story could have been ripped right out of the pages of one of her own novels.

0:50.0

She was a romance mystery writer who happens to be married to a chef.

0:54.0

But this story didn't end with a happily ever after.

0:59.0

When I stepped into the kitchen, I could see that Chef Brophy was on the ground and I heard

1:04.3

somebody say call 911. As writers we'd written our share of murder

1:08.9

mysteries so when suspicion turned to Dan's wife Nancy, we weren't that surprised.

1:14.2

The first person they look at would be the spouse.

1:15.8

We understand that's usually the way they do it.

1:18.1

But we began to wonder, had Nancy gotten so wrapped up in her own novels,

1:23.3

There are murders in all of the books,

1:25.7

that she was playing them out in real life?

1:28.8

Follow Happily Never After, Dan and Nancy,

1:32.0

on the Wondery app, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:35.6

You can binge all episodes of Happily Never After, Dan and Nancy, early and ad free right now

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