S8 Ep319: Manipulated to Murder: Pamela Smart

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Pamela Smart became a household name - not for being the next Barbara Walters as she’d hoped but for orchestrating the cold-blooded murder of her husband - using her teenage lover as the trigger man. The case became a media sensation when it hit the news cycle in 1990. It was such a high-profile case that millions watched the trial unfold live on television. It was the very first time a murder trial in the U.S. received “gavel-to-gavel” coverage on a newly launched cable television channel dedicated to true crime content - Court TV.

Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150215233410/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/smart/1.html

https://www.nhmagazine.com/breaking-silence-cecelia-pierce-speaks/

“Do you remember Pamela Smart? She got four boys to kill her husband 29 years ago. Now, they’re free. She isn’t,” Manuel Roig-Franzi for The Washington Post, Jan 15, 2019.

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:02.4	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:05.8	This episode contains explicit language.
0:08.6	It is not intended for children.
0:10.4	Listen or discretion is advised.
0:13.0	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:24.0	We're in the series Manipulated to Murder.
0:27.0	This month I'm sharing stories about people who are coerced into participating in murder.
0:32.0	In this episode I'll share a case that coerced into participating in murder.
0:33.1	In this episode, I'll share a case that became a media sensation
0:36.9	when it hit the news cycle in 1990.
0:39.9	It was such a high profile case
0:42.1	that millions watched the trial unfold live on television. It was the very first time a murder
0:45.0	a murder trial on television.
0:46.0	It was the very first time a murder trial in the US
0:49.0	received gavel-to-gaville coverage
0:51.0	on a newly launched cable television channel dedicated to true crime
0:54.9	content, court TV.
0:57.8	Pamela Smart became a household name, not for being the next Barbara Walters as she'd hoped for, but for orchestrating the cold-blooded
1:05.4	murder of her husband, using her teenage lover as the trigger man.
1:10.7	This is Chapter 2 in the series, Manipulated to Murder, The Case of Pamela Smart. Billy Flynn couldn't believe his luck. The cute 22 year old blonde with the killer figure
1:38.9	wanted him. Him. Sure, he'd had girlfriends before, but that's all they were, friends.
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