Hello lovely listeners, welcome to the first episode of 2024! We are carrying on with our Pernicious Parents series and today covers the Malicious Mother - Susan Smith.

Have a listen, then get in touch with your thoughts and feelings on each of the points in the episode, would love to hear what you're thinking!

REFERENCES

https://www.foxnews.com/us/susan-smith-nearing-parole-murders-young-sons-says-good-stepmom-report

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/susan-smith/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12785313/Susan-Smith-life-sentence-murder-two-young-sons-admirers-stepmom-parole.html

https://people.com/crime/susan-smith-life-prison-drowning-kids-25-years-ago/

To see in-episode clips, watch this documentary -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_eikWXzBU0

Hello lovely listeners, I'm still here, still alive and still very sorry for the ghosting! We are pausing the Pernicious Parent series since I really fell off the ball with that and doing a lil Christmas special with returning guest, Ashton. We are just going to go through a couple of websites that tell of the horrifying and craziest Christmas crimes. We'll be sad and jolly throughout the episode and we hope that you enjoy it, and it will hopefully kick my arse back into gear to being a better host in 2024! Wishing you all a safe and wonderful christmas and new year, however you celebrate it, I hope it brings you well wishes and lots of love! LM x

Hello lovely listeners, after an unplanned hiatus, Coffee N Crime is back with the completion of the Diane Down's story. This week we look into the twisted investigation and how all roads lead back to one person.

Join me as we pick apart our 2nd malicious mother in this pernicious parents series!

REFERENCES

⁠Diane Downs, The Mom Who Shot Her Children To Be With Her Lover (allthatsinteresting.com)⁠

⁠Diane Downs | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers⁠

⁠S:\OPINIONS\NewInternet5266.PDF (murderpedia.org)⁠

⁠Who is Steve Downs? The story of Diane Downs' ex-husband - Tuko.co.ke⁠

⁠ELIZABETH DIANE (FREDERICKSON) DOWNS - CMM-Crime, Mystery & Mayhem (tapatalk.com)⁠

⁠The Mother & - The Washington Post⁠

⁠Diane Downs - Crime Museum⁠

In 1983, Diane Downs said a stranger shot her 3 kids, but police decided she was lying - ABC News (go.com)

Man who hid child murderer Diane Downs after her escape from prison says ‘I should’ve turned her in, but I didn’t’ - ABC News (go.com)

7 chilling clues in case of Diane Downs after she told cops a stranger on a deserted road shot her three small children | The US Sun (the-sun.com)

I Read “Best Kept Secrets” By Child Killer Diane Downs So You Don’t Have To | by Alexis Hammond | Medium

DOWNS v. HOYT (2000) | FindLaw

Cheryl Lynn Downs (1976-1983) - Find a Grave Memoria

lDiane Downs children: Where are Christie and Stephen now? | The US Sun (the-sun.com)

CHRISTIE DOWNS (dianedowns.com)

Diane Downs' most disturbing interview │ Full 1984 Special with Anne Jaeger - YouTube

Small Sacrifices, Ann Rule - Kindle