True Crime Obsessed 447: Susan Smith: Someone Stole My Babies (from "How It Really Happened")
Aug 12, 2025
01:05:09
It's one of the most tragic and infamous cases of the 1990s: a mother who not only committed the most horrible act against her small children, but then played upon the prejudices of the society and her community to try to pin the crime on another, imaginary person.
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