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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Killers Amongst Us: Beautiful Blonde Mom Breaks into Politics, MURDERED!

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Linda Collins-Smith was a self-made woman. She built a financial empire based in real estate and hotel management. Her passion, however, was love of community. She worked tirelessly to support the area in which she lived by supporting improvements in tourism and civic pride. Collins-Smith was elected to both the state house and senate. Her body was found wrapped in a tarp at the end of her driveway. What happened to Linda Collins-Smith.

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0:00.0

Hi guys, Nancy Grace here. Welcome back to Killers Among Us, a production of I Heart Media

0:09.8

and Crime Online. Do you ever see people on TV? And I don't know, maybe they're a celebrity,

0:19.2

maybe they're a talking head, maybe they're a politician. A politician that takes stands

0:25.0

about what they believe is right or wrong, or maybe they're a dirty politician. And you wonder,

0:31.6

what is that famous person's life really like? Because you see them in one way and you kind of think

0:39.1

you know them, but you don't. You don't know what their life is like. You don't know whether they've

0:46.8

made enemies by the positions they take or the things that they say. What is going on in the

0:54.6

lives of the people we see and read about? Who are their enemies? Who is within their circle of

1:02.7

friends, their family? You know, the stark realization is there are Killers Among Us.

1:16.0

I'm Nancy Grace. Thank you for being with us, for Killers Among Us.

1:21.6

With me, an all-star panel to unravel a mystery.

1:29.4

Leave I page, crimeonline.com, investigate a reporter, Professor Forensic,

1:33.7

Jacksonville State University, author of Blood Beneath My Feet and Star of a Brand New Program,

1:39.4

Poisonous Liaisons on the True Crime Network. We're now psychologists joining me from New York,

1:44.4

Karen Stark, Judge Trial Lawyer, Anchor Court TV, Ashley Wilcott, and two very special people

1:52.7

joining me today from Arkansas, Tate Williams and Butch Smith. I want to talk for a moment about

2:00.4

who is this beautiful blonde with the big blue eyes named Linda. Take a listen. Linda Collins grew

2:10.9

up in small town, Arkansas. She was born in Pocahontas, but went to school in Willaford.

2:16.4

Her family home was located 10 miles down a gravel road with no running water until she was in her teens.

2:22.7

In fact, Willaford is the epitome of small town. Just 75 people live there today. It's this upbringing

2:29.7

that Collins credits for her success in life. She says it's this background that taught her the

2:35.0

value of hard work and the blessing of living in a land where everyone from the poor country girl

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