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Happy Face Presents: Two Face

The Trial

Happy Face Presents: Two Face

iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.28.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The trial of Diane Downs begins, sparking a media circus as reporters scramble for details. Christie Downs makes a remarkable recovery from her stroke and is able to testify in front of the jurors.

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0:00.0

Picture Miami. Picture its beaches. Picture three radio journalists assassinated in cold blood.

0:09.2

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0:12.4

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0:17.2

The mastermind has never been caught. To find him, we had to go deep into a world of drugs and darkness.

0:24.4

And there were these hints of a much bigger conspiracy.

0:30.8

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0:37.5

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0:44.1

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0:50.0

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0:55.8

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1:01.5

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1:13.0

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1:19.2

When the trial was finally rated to convene in I think it was May of 1984. So it'd been just about a

1:27.2

year since the incident on Old Mohawk Road. The press was given the first row. So if you're a reporter,

1:34.8

you've got a guaranteed seat, but you still had to get there fast because you only about eight

1:38.8

or nine people could squeeze in there. And you did have some national media representation. You had

1:45.5

courtroom artists who would take up a little bit more of their room. But the rest of those seats

1:49.8

were jammed from a line that would form every day of 115 people, hoping to get into the 80 or

1:57.6

84 seats that were available. It was the place to be. Reporter Dana Tams was there from the

2:04.8

beginning of Diane's story and remembers vividly how she played to the press. By the time

2:11.0

trial came around, she was looking healthier. She was like much more pregnant. She'd dressed in

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