MONSTER-GRANNY Orders Hit on Son-in-Law GETS CUSHY NEW DIGS
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Convicted murder mastermind Donna Adelson moved to a new correctional institution closer to her South Florida home. Adelson was initially held at the Florida Women’s Reception Center in Marion County. Florida’s Department of Corrections says Adelson has been moved to the Homestead Correctional Institute in Miami-Dade County.
Donna Adelson received a life sentence for her role in the murder of former son-in-law Dan Markel. After nearly three weeks of testimony, a jury takes just three hours to find the 75-year-old guilty of all three charges levied against her.
Adelson is convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit killing, and first-degree murder in the hit on her former son-in-law Dan Markel.
Adelson has filed a motion for a new trial, claiming multiple instances of jury misconduct, bias from the judge, and a lack of evidence to support the verdict.
The 18-page motion comes just two weeks after Adelson’s conviction and includes a request to interview two of the jurors who decided her fate.
Adelson accuses the jury foreperson, juror number seven, of failing to follow the judge’s instructions on speaking out about the case.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Philip Dubé - Former Court-Appointed Counsel, Los Angeles County Public Defenders: Criminal & Constitutional Law, Forensics & Mental Health Advocacy; X: PhilipCDube, IG: PhilipDube, YouTube: PhilipDube3922
- Dr. Judy Ho - Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychologist, Author of 'The New Rules of Attachment'; and 'Stop Self-Sabatoge;' IG & X: @drjudyho; FB: doctorjudyho
- Robert Crispin - Private Investigator with “Crispin Special Investigations," Former Federal Task Force Officer for the United States Department of Justice, DEA and Miami Field Division, and Former Homicide and Crimes Against Children Investigator; Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations Inc.
- Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast: "Mayhem in the Morgue," and Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
- Evan Higginbotham - Juror #6 in the Donna Adelson trial
- Gigi McKelvey - Journalist, Host of the Podcast “Pretty Lies and Alibis;" Facebook, IG, TikTok: @PrettyLiesAndAlibis/ X: @PrettiesLiesAlibi
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.0 | Does this granny ever give up? |
| 0:14.6 | No way. |
| 0:15.9 | Donna Edelson. |
| 0:17.7 | That's right. |
| 0:18.5 | The granny convicted of having her son-in-law Dan Markell murdered. Oh, my stars. I don't know how she did it, |
| 0:29.1 | but she got herself moved to a new prison closer to home to serve out her life sentence behind bars. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:38.2 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:39.7 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:42.3 | That's right. |
| 0:43.3 | Donna Edelson has moved to a new CI Correctional Institute |
| 0:46.5 | closer to her home in South Florida. |
| 0:49.6 | She was being held at the Florida Women's Reception Center, Marion County, but now she's |
| 0:56.1 | moved to the Homestead Correctional Institute, Miami, Dade. |
| 1:01.6 | As you know, she was convicted of first-degree murder conspiracy solicitation in the murder |
| 1:08.2 | of her son-in-law, Dan Markell. |
| 1:12.2 | Let me just start with our friends at Crime Online. |
| 1:16.6 | Donna Adelson, the mother of recently convicted murderer Charlie Adelson, is caught by police |
| 1:22.0 | trying to board a plane leaving Miami and heading to Vietnam. |
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