Malevolent Manipulations: The Murder of Dianne Hood
LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
When a young mother is gunned down outside of a Lupus support group, police initially suspect a robbery gone wrong. After they discover a unique murder weapon, they are able to follow the deadly breadcrumbs back to an illicit affair.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Jesse, happy to be back in the listener's seat today. |
| 0:03.3 | What story do you have for us this week? |
| 0:05.3 | When a young mother is gunned down outside of a Lupus support group, |
| 0:09.4 | police initially suspect a robbery gone wrong. |
| 0:12.3 | After they discover a unique murder weapon, though, |
| 0:15.0 | they're able to follow the deadly breadcrumbs back to an illicit affair and religious manipulation. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Andy Cassette. And I'm Jesse Prey, and this is Love Murder. Hi, Andy. |
| 0:50.5 | Hi, Jesse. |
| 0:51.5 | Welcome back, everyone's The Love Murder, a podcast about sly lies, alibis, |
| 0:55.4 | and love gone fatally wrong. That was a good one, Jess. You can find Love Murder on TikTok |
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