Good kid, model student, high achiever – just a few of the descriptors bestowed on Sidney Powell during her high school years in Ohio. But college proved much more challenging, and some theorize that – rather than face her academic failures – Sidney turned on one of the people who loved her most. Is she a stone-cold murderer, or a young woman who suffered a mental break? On this episode of the Escape Pod, the co-hosts dive into a deep discussion about the desire to be perfect, and how that very mindset can be perfectly dangerous.

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:

• Topic #1 2:00 Trying to escape our own negative thoughts

• Topic #2 14:46 Introduction to Sidney Powell

• Topic #3 26:45 A blood-curdling phone call

• Topic #4 32:28 A father speaks out

• Topic #5 42:45 Escapism, co-host-style!

Resources & Links

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3spm-V-8Q Law & Crime Network “Killer Daughter Beat, Stabbed Mom to Death to Cover Up College Failures”

• https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-who-beat-her-mom-with-skillet-stabbed-her-in-neck-nearly-30-times-to-conceal-suspension-from-college-is-sentenced-for-murder/

• https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2023/10/19/sydney-powell-convicted-stabbing-death-mother-brenda-powell-akron-ohio-insanity-plea/71238220007/

• https://people.com/sydney-powell-ohio-college-student-killed-mom-7972815

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goreXfyTaqY Crime Salad “The Murder of Brenda Powell”

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