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Southern Fried True Crime

Listen Now: Happily Never After: Dan & Nancy

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.610.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life in the suburbs, where she and her chef husband, Dan, are living out their golden years. But when Dan is shot dead, Nancy finds herself at the center of a murder case that could be ripped from the pages of her novels.

From Wondery, this is a story about what happens when the line blurs between fiction and reality. Listen to Happily Never After: Dan & Nancy early and ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. https://wondery.app.link/HNADN_SFTC

Transcript

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Dan and Nancy reside in the peaceful suburbs just outside of Portland, where they are living

0:06.2

out their golden years.

0:08.3

And though they met later on in life, their marriage spans over two decades and is seen as a pillar of the community.

0:15.0

It's a love story pulled right off the shelf.

0:19.0

Nancy is a struggling romance novelist.

0:22.0

She likes to write about betrayals, sex, and even

0:25.3

murder. Dan is a chef and culinary instructor. He enjoys foraging through the woods

0:31.5

for fresh mushrooms and growing edible flowers.

0:35.7

But when Dan is shockingly found dead in his classroom, Nancy's once simple life is turned upside

0:42.0

down, because as the investigation unfolds

0:45.4

Nancy finds herself at the center of a murder case that could be ripped from the

0:50.3

pages of her novels. Listen to Happily Never After.

0:55.0

Dan and Nancy, a story about what happens

0:58.0

when the line blurs between fiction and reality.

1:01.0

Early and ad free on Wundery Plus. I'm about to play a clip from Happily Never After, Dan and Nancy. I wonder. Nicole Herman was lounging on a beach in Croatia with a perfect view of the ocean.

1:27.0

It looks a lot like Oregon, with the exception that the water is like turquoise.

1:32.0

It was nice and sunny, exactly how Nicole pictured her honeymoon.

1:38.0

Nicole's new husband got up to take a swim,

1:42.0

but she didn't join him. She was in the middle of a novel.

1:46.0

The man on the book cover had a square jaw and a come-hither stare.

1:51.0

All day, Nicole had just been waiting

1:55.1

to get back to him.

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