Secrets in the Smoky Mountains

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True Crime, Social, Culture, Society & Culture, News

4.4 • 38K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

The death of a beloved Tennessee man is believed to be a suicide. But when a son questions his mother, he uncovers a dark family conspiracy. Keith Morrison reports.

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0:00.0	I did not kill them.
0:03.0	I did not have anything to do with killing him.
0:06.0	It felt shocking and devastating.
0:10.0	I mean, it was not in our minds.
0:12.0	We really never believed that she was capable of this.
0:19.0	They seemed the ultimate power couple.
0:21.6	He had all the medals, silver star, purple heart.
0:25.6	She told me she would be traveling on secret missions.
0:28.6	Flying on Air Force 2.
0:30.6	Right with the vice president.
0:32.6	But it took a hidden camera to detect their real secret mission.
0:36.6	We started doing surveillance.
0:38.9	We'd observe them outside their home.
0:41.4	Dark schemes and a deadly secret.
0:44.3	I'm thinking of myself, this can't be true.
0:47.2	What had happened to her last husband?
0:49.7	She's screaming and she's like, Bob's dead.
0:53.3	It's horrible.
0:56.1	They're just like in disbelief.
1:03.2	Whoever bid this was very evil. Her son suspected the truth. Would he reveal it?
1:09.8	She looked at me with the most hate I've ever seen. It felt like a betrayal.
1:12.6	Mother against son. It makes you question everybody. Everything's
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