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Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

The Murder of Trigg Maxwell

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary



This week we are discussing the case of 21-year-old schoolteacher Edith Maxwell from rural Virginia who was accused of killing her father, Trigg. The prosecution charged her with first-degree murder, but Edith claimed she acted in self-defense. The case became a nationwide media sensation, sparking widespread public interest and debate.

 

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0:37.3

We can't wait to see you there. Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you?

1:12.5

Oh my goodness. I'm doing okay. It's been a day. It's been a day. And I'm sure getting dark at

1:19.0

five o'clock is helpful for everyone's. It's not mental health. I know. It really is maddening.

1:24.4

You just are done for. It's over. It's almost over, though. I believe the 21st or

1:29.8

22nd is the longest, darkest day, and then it starts going back the other way, where it starts.

1:36.0

But, I mean, of course, it happens slowly. Like, it will start. Yes. Don't, yeah. Look at the bright side.

1:41.8

Actually, I've been working on that a lot lately, working on the bright side from within. Yes, I don't know. I've just lately have adopted, well, I haven't adopted. I'm trying. I feel like this has been a while. I'm trying to adopt. It has been a while. But I feel like this past month, really since about Thanksgiving, I've been trying to like stop myself from having not nice thoughts and negative ones and just frame everything in a more positive light.

2:04.3

It's very delusional.

2:05.4

Girl, I have some text messages from you that say otherwise.

2:08.6

It's very delusional.

2:09.7

And today was maybe the first day that I really just lost my way and got very frustrated.

2:15.3

But we all have days like that.

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