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Direct Appeal

Article III

Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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01: Three suitcases, containing human remains, surfaced in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay in May 2004. Police identified the man in the suitcases as 39-year-old William McGuire, from Woodbridge New Jersey, and they quickly focused their attention on Bill’s wife, Melanie McGuire, who did not report him missing. Convicted three years later of murdering and dismembering her husband, Melanie McGuire has been in prison since then but did the state get it right? Is Melanie McGuire the femme fatale that the prosecution painted her to be or is she an entirely different person, prosecuted and convicted because she was the most obvious suspect in this crime? In episode 1, meet Melanie McGuire. Credits: Hosted by: Meghan Sacks and Amy Shlosberg. Produced by James Varga. Written by Meghan Sacks. Recorded, mixed, and edited by Justin Kral at JC Studios. Music and underscore by Nick Bassett of Dessert Media. Legal Counsel provided by Barry Janay. Special thanks to Alan Tockerman. Producer-At-Large, Adam Curry For Images related to this episode, visit: https://directappealpodcast.com/images/#ep01 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
0:08.0	Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra oint, or building a playlist that will even get your
0:14.8	none up on the table or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max.
0:20.1	Christmas.
0:23.0	Better with Pepsi Max.
0:27.0	This podcast may contain content that is graphic and disturbing in nature.
0:31.0	Listener discretion is advised. This is a prepaid call from Melanie McGuire.
0:37.0	An inmate at Edna Mayan Correctional Facility.
0:42.0	This call will be monitored and recorded to accept. and My husband was Bill McGuire. On April 23rd, 2007, I was convicted of the murder and dismemberment of my husband.
1:02.0	And I was sentenced to life in prison plus five years.
1:06.6	On direct appeal, we examined the murder conviction
1:08.8	of Melanie McGuire following a highly publicized trial.
1:12.0	Looking at the evidence that was presented
1:13.9	and the evidence that may have seemed insignificant at the time,
1:16.5	we form our own conclusion about Melanie's guilt.
1:18.8	I know when I should have left.
1:20.2	She would never do this, but I think she knows something.
1:22.6	Am I telling them I'm having an affair?
1:24.4	Nobody's asking.
1:25.4	He owed money out on the street, and that's how you get shot here and here.
1:29.2	It's unlikely that her pistol was used in this crime.
1:32.3	It's not about who's innocent guilty.
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