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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

A Murderous Mother: The Case Of Susan Smith

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Fox News

True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

For nine days, Susan Smith spoke to reporters, pleading for the safe return of her two sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander. On October 25th, 1994, she alleged that an African American man carjacked her at gunpoint and kidnapped her children. However, on November 3rd, 1994, Susan's car was retrieved from a lake, along with the bodies of her young sons. That day, Susan revealed her story was a lie, and that she was the killer for whom the community searched. State Representative Tommy Pope was the 16th Circuit Solicitor in South Carolina and prosecuted the Susan Smith case. He discusses his work on the high-profile trial and reflects on her conviction 30 years later. Tommy Pope currently serves as the Speaker Pro Tempore in the South Carolina House of Representatives and serves as a South Carolina House Member from the 47th District. In 2008, he was awarded South Carolina's highest civilian honor, the Order of the Palmetto. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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For nine days, 23-year-old Susan Smith spoke to reporters, teary-eyed and pleading for the safe return of her two young boys.

0:46.1

The case began on October 25, 1994, when she told law enforcement that she had been carjacked at gunpoint by an African-American man

0:55.2

who then drove off kidnapping her three-year-old son Michael and her 14-month-old son, Alexander.

1:02.4

For those nine days, Susan Smith became a household name, not just in her hometown of Union, South Carolina, but across the country.

1:11.2

The story triggered a wave of fear across the small, rural community.

1:16.4

Residents began locking the doors they once believed were safe to keep open,

1:20.9

fearing a dangerous man among them.

1:23.5

But on November 3rd, the saga ended.

1:26.9

Susan's red Mazda was recovered from the John D. Long Lake,

1:31.1

along with her two sons, who had drowned while strapped inside their car seats.

1:36.1

On that ninth day, Smith confessed that her story was a hoax.

1:40.9

The carjacker was never real, and the woman plastered on TV screens across the nation

1:46.1

was the killer for whom they tirelessly searched. I'm Emily Campano, and this is the Fox

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