The Murder Book: A True Crime Podcast

Episode 100 Susan Wright: Victim or Killer? Part II

BKC Productions Season 4 Episode 100

The defense described Susan Wright as a victim who admitted to killing her husband Jeffrey in their home in 2003 by stabbing him to death in self- defense. She had a four year history of domestic abuse.

But the prosecutors believed Susan was a seductress, a former erotic dancer who set the mood for kinky sex with her unsuspecting husband.
After tying Jeffrey to bed, Susan straddled him, stabbed him 193 times with a butcher knife and then buried his body in a shallow grave in their backyard.

This case including the theatrics by the assistant district attorney made headlines around the country. Was Susan a martyr on the edge protecting her children and herself or was she a brutal killer. You decide.....
Sources:
 Articles:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101634015/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101634650/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101634727/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101635099/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101635523/
https://www.lmtonline.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/Susan-Wright-released-on-parole-16-years-after-15837350.php
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Trial-begins-in-wife-s-stabbing-of-husband-1667758.php

Books:
Frances, E. (2005). A Wife's Revenge: The True Story of Susan Wright and the Marriage that Ended in Murder

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