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Women and Crime

Susan Smith

Women and Crime

Cloud10

True Crime, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Ep 174: A woman convicted of murdering her children 30 years ago is coming up for parole. But is she ready to rejoin society? Or should she remain incarcerated? This is the Susan Smith story Sources for Today's Episode: Crimelibary.org People.com Fox News Stacey Mallicoat’s book, Women, Gender and Crime Myer and Oberman’s book, When Mothers Kill: Interviews from Prison Sponsors: (thanks for using our promo codes, it really does help the show!) Green Chef - The #1 meal kit for eating well! Go to https://www.greenchef.com/women50 and use code women50 to get 50% off, plus 20% off your next two months! Credits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced & Edited by James Varga Script Editor, Abagail Belcastro Music by Dessert Media Show your Support: The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Follow Us on Social: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/womenandcrime Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenandcrimepodcast/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@womenandcrime Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womenandcrime Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/womenandcrime Twitter: https://twitter.com/WomenAndCrime Patron - ad-free shows starting at $2 a month, or upgrade to get an extra episode every month, exclusive AMAs with the hosts, lecture series on criminal justice, our true crime book club, and more! Check out our Patreon page for more info: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrime Apple Subscriptions - Ad-free shows are now available through Apple’s podcast app for only $1.99 a month. Merchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out: https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merch Help is Available: If you or someone you know is in a crisis situation, or a victim of domestic, or other violence, there are many organizations that can offer support or help you in your specific situation. For direct links to these organizations please visit https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/resources/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This podcast features criminologists discussing sensitive themes and topics.

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Listener discretion is advised.

0:27.0

A woman convicted of murdering her children 30 years ago is coming up for parole.

0:32.0

Is she ready to rejoin society or should she

0:35.1

remain incarcerated? This is the Susan Smith story. I'm going to Hello, today's case is one that most of us are familiar with as this case captured the

1:06.1

attention of the nation and public interest Amy has persisted throughout the last 30 years.

1:13.4

I would say this is in top 10 most requested.

1:16.1

Absolutely, hands down.

1:17.8

And the reason I chose to cover it now

1:20.2

is because it seems that Susan Smith is in the news again and it's caused some heated

1:26.9

discussion and I think it will be a great discussion for us later on.

1:31.1

The question that this story always ends with is why and I do promise

1:35.6

that we will get to that at the end of the episode. We want to break down the

1:39.9

criminology behind this case in particular which is also why I chose it.

1:44.4

Just as an extra trigger warning we discuss themes involving violence against

1:48.7

children in this episode so extra listener discretion is advised for this one.

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