This is exactly right.

Hey, lovely listeners. My newest historical true crime book is now available. It's called

The Sinners All Bough, one murder, two authors, and the real Hester Pren. It's the real

murder case that became the inspiration for Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.

I'm re-investigating the case alongside the nation's first true crime author, a woman who died 150 years ago.

The sinner's all bow is available now wherever you buy books.

This story contains adult content and language.

Listener discretion is advised.

They made fun of her at every turn.

She was very unhappy about that.

That kind of led to her rebelling in a way later on that, okay, if you're not

going to accept me, I'm going to scandalize you women at every turn if I can.

I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a nonfiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

I'm also the co-host of the podcast Buried Bones on Exactly Right. And throughout my career, research for my many audio and book projects

has taken me around the world. On Wicked Words, I sit down with the people I've met along the way,

amazing writers, journalists, filmmakers, and

podcasters who have investigated and reported on notorious true crime cases. This is about the

choices writers make, both good and bad, and it's a deep dive into the unpublished details

behind their stories. 30 years before the O.J. Simpson trial, a different murder case captured the attention

of the country. When a successful Florida businessman is brutally killed in the 1960s, his wife

and her nephew become suspects, and their disturbing relationship makes headlines. Author Ron Smith tells me

about his book, No One is Perfect. Let's talk about this time period. We are in 1964, Florida.

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