Okay, Jessie. Last week's coyote skulls soccer was a lot to process. What's the story this week?

When a controversial politician mysteriously stops breathing,

suspicion falls on her nurse husband. Questions begin to get raised about her

previous husband's death as well, and later a homicidal tragedy strikes her next to pen.

I'm Andy Cassette, and I'm Jessie Prey, and this is Love Murder.

Hi Andy. Hey, Jessie. Welcome back everyone to Love Murder, a podcast about big ambition,

bad marriages, and love gone fatally wrong. You can find Love Murder on Twitter and Instagram

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welcome to Love Murder. We're so happy you're here. Yes, we are. We know that there's lots of

true crime choices out there in the podcast world. So we're honored that you have given us a shot.

So let's not screw it up, Andy. Why don't we jump right into the story then and give the people

what they want? On July 8th 2006, Janine Coward awoke with a start. She'd been having the strangest

dream. In it, she saw a woman named Kathy Augustine, the Nevada State Controller standing across

the state capital building, and she braced herself to cross paths with her former employer.

Janine had suffered tremendous anxiety due to the so-called wrath of Kath during her tenure as

Kathy speechwriter. She had been pushed past the limits of normal employment and into illegal

duties. The relationship between the women hadn't improved when Janine had been instrumental in

initiating an investigation that resulted in Kathy's impeachment. Ah, well, Kathy had dismissed

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