4.6 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hey guys. Before we begin, I have an exciting announcement to share with you. Well, it's actually a pre-announcement. |
0:07.6 | For some time, listeners have been asking me for more true crime content, so I've decided to make that happen. |
0:13.7 | I've been hard at work creating something I think true crime fans will love. This week, I'll be releasing a special announcement, sharing all the details of this exciting |
0:21.7 | new project. If you're subscribed to this podcast, you'll automatically receive the announcement |
0:26.6 | as soon as it's out. If you're not, subscribe now so you don't miss it. I can't wait to share |
0:32.3 | it with you. And now, let's start the show. This podcast details true crime cases. |
0:38.5 | It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence. |
0:42.3 | It is not intended for children. |
0:44.2 | Listener discretion is advised. |
0:50.3 | Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. |
0:54.0 | We're in the series, Three Strikes and You're Dead. In this month's series, Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. |
0:56.5 | We're in the series, Three Strikes and Your Dead. |
1:02.1 | In this month's series, I will detail cases of murderers who were caught, sent to prison, |
1:05.3 | and then inexplicably set free to kill again. |
1:12.8 | This time, I'll tell you about a woman whose criminal history played out over almost six decades. In total, |
1:18.5 | she was tied to scores of thefts and scams, four deaths by suicide, and at least three murders. |
1:23.9 | She walked after her first charge of homicide when she claimed she'd only killed her lover in self-defense. A few years later, she was tried and convicted for the murder of her |
1:29.6 | employer and sentenced to life in prison. She nevertheless was released after 17 years and continued |
1:36.2 | on her criminal path, ultimately committing an even more brutal murder. Louise Pete was a black widow, |
1:43.1 | a con artist, and a murderess, but she was so much more. |
1:47.2 | Her story takes so many bizarre twists and turns, the likes of which I haven't seen since I covered the Marie Hillie case, way back in episode number 56. |
1:56.1 | And like that story, this one can't be told in just one episode. |
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