Killer Thriller: Mark Geragos: What It’s Like to Defend Someone Everyone Thinks Is Guilty
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4.3 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Before the verdict, before the jury, before the evidence…sometimes the world has already made up its mind. The Scott Peterson case became that kind of story, as seen in The Perfect Husband. Mark Geragos, Scott's defense attorney at the time, breaks down what gets lost when a case becomes a national obsession and what it’s like to be at the center of it. Mark also reveals when he thinks the Menendez Brothers could walk free.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:10.6 | Amy Robock and T.J. Holmes present. |
| 0:13.5 | Killer Thriller with your host, Alisa Donovan. |
| 0:18.5 | Hey, everyone. Elisa Donovan here, and this is killer thriller. |
| 0:23.1 | Okay, wow am I excited for today's episode. |
| 0:26.2 | Today we are talking about the Lacey Peterson case through the eyes of the ultimate insider |
| 0:32.3 | and someone who has built a career defending people the public has already judged. |
| 0:39.4 | For a little review on Christmas Eve, 2002, Lacey Peterson, eight months pregnant, vanished from her home in Modesto, California. |
| 0:45.9 | What followed was a case that gripped the country, built largely on circumstantial evidence, |
| 0:50.7 | and a husband, many believed, was hiding something from the very start. |
| 0:55.3 | More than 20 years later, it still sparks debate about guilt, fairness, and what justice |
| 1:00.8 | really looks like. And that is where today's guest comes in. Mark Garagos was Scott Peterson's |
| 1:07.2 | defense attorney and is one of the most high profile lawyers in the country. |
| 1:12.2 | Hi, Mark. |
| 1:13.0 | Thank you so much for doing this today. |
| 1:14.9 | I know you're extraordinarily busy and I'm really honored to speak with you today. |
| 1:19.8 | Thank you. |
| 1:20.3 | It's a pleasure to be on. |
| 1:21.8 | Okay, today we're going to start with obviously speaking about Scott Peterson and this case. |
| 1:27.1 | So this is obviously a case that people feel |
| 1:29.9 | very strongly about and continue to, and it's still making the news today. So first of all, |
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