Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries. I'm your host

Ryan Kraus coming at you for the third and final installment in the Josh Powell series covering the disappearance

of his wife Susan in December 2009, in addition to the horrific murder suicide involving

Josh and his young sons two years later in February 2012.

In the previous two episodes, we explored Josh's family history, starting with the ruthless antics

of the kidnap game played by his grandparents,

which ultimately had a profound effect on his father Steve growing up

and seemingly led to a strong presence of sociopathy

and related antisocial behavior inside the family. of for a period of about 20 years in which he and his wife Terry raised five children

under troubled circumstances that were consistent with an increasingly

unhealthy cycle of domestic abuse. By the time Josh reached adulthood and physical maturation,

his unwarranted sense of omnipotence and superiority was nearly out of control

affecting romantic prospects with women.

But that's when Josh Powell met Susan Cox, and the pair were married soon after.

Right from the start, it was anything but wetted bliss.

However, Susan was committed to making things better

to getting back the man she had married.

Yet, that man, everything about him, was a lie.

And when Susan realized it, when she finally gained the courage to speak up and fight back? She disappeared forever.

Ten years later we still don't know the fate of Susan Cox Powell and And while it's safe to assume Josh murdered her and disposed of the body, we might also assume the evil secrets of what happened that fateful night, all died with him.

So in this episode, we'll examine the events leading up to the crime

before speculating about how the murder might have been committed,

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