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The Murder Book: A True Crime Podcast
Each week, The Murder Book will present unsolved cases, missing persons, notorious crimes, controversial cases, and serial killers, exploring details of the crime scenes and the murderer's childhood. Some episodes are translated into Spanish as well. The podcast is produced and hosted by Kiara Coyle.
The Murder Book: A True Crime Podcast
Episode 100 Susan Wright: Victim or Killer? Part II
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