The After Show: There Is a Monster in Me

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ABC News

True Crime

3.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Deborah Roberts talks with Chris Connelly about a cold case that finally cleared a husband who’d long been living under the shadow of suspicion in his estranged wife’s death. Chris also shares behind-the-scenes stories about singing on set, interviewing over pancakes and coffee at a local diner and savoring the wide open roads while reporting in small town Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.1	Hi there, 2020 viewers and listeners. I'm Jebara Roberts here with this episode of 2020 The After Show.
0:40.4	And today we are talking about a program out of Texas, led by ABC News contributor Chris Connolly, one of my buddies.
0:48.3	This episode was called There Is a Monster in Me, and it investigates the murder of Susan Woods. Her tightly-knit
0:56.3	community was quick to place the blame on Michael Woods, who was her estranged husband. But when
1:02.8	fingerprints at the scene didn't match Woods, the case came to a halt. There was still some
1:09.3	suspicion, but 20 years later, a different detective took a fresh look at the evidence and was able to find a match for those fingerprints.
1:17.3	Michael Woods was cleared, and a jury ultimately convicted another man by the name of Scott Hatley, a local man with a violent history.
1:26.3	You learned all about those twist and turns during the episode.
1:29.7	Let's dive into this story with Chris, who knows all the details. And Chris, I got to tell you,
1:35.1	you and I get to talk about a lot of different things, but it's rare we get a chance to talk about
1:38.8	our 2020 stories. Welcome.
1:41.4	That's true. Thank you very much. It's an honor and a privilege to work with the amazing team that there is at 2020 on these stories. Welcome. That's true. Thank you very much. It's an honor and a privilege to work with the
1:45.7	amazing team that there is at 2020 on these stories. As you know, they're incredible. And this was a very
1:51.9	powerful tale to be involved with as well. Yeah, well, you're such a great storyteller, Chris. And a lot of our
1:57.4	listeners will know you from, you know, from all kinds of stories that you've
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