WEBVTT - Introducing: My Mother's Lies

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all have heard about Jessica Kurrn's murder. I told you

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<v Speaker 1>her story in the Graves County podcast, but there's a

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<v Speaker 1>key piece I did not dive deep into and it's

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<v Speaker 1>all coming out in a new series called My Mother's

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<v Speaker 1>Lies from the Binge, and it's out now. It looks

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<v Speaker 1>at the murder of Jessica Kurrn and the case against

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<v Speaker 1>Quincy Cross from a different angle through the eyes of

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<v Speaker 1>Susan Galbreath's son. Susan is seen as a hero to some,

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<v Speaker 1>but now her son Ray brings that all into question.

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<v Speaker 1>You can find My Mother's Lies in the description of

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<v Speaker 1>this introduction, or by searching for My Mother's Lies wherever

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<v Speaker 1>you've listened to podcasts, because if you've been listening to

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<v Speaker 1>Bone Valley, Graves County, you know this case has never

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<v Speaker 1>been just one story. Here's a sneak peek.

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<v Speaker 2>Every murder trial tells a story. What happened, who did it,

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<v Speaker 2>how did it happen, even why it happened. When there's

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<v Speaker 2>strong corroborating evidence, that story is anchored to fact. But

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<v Speaker 2>when there isn't, when the physical proof is missing, when

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing to go on by eyewitness testimony, the story

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<v Speaker 2>that testimony becomes the case. This series is about a

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<v Speaker 2>story that was repeated, reinforced, and eventually accepted as truth,

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<v Speaker 2>a story that may have mattered more than evidence to

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<v Speaker 2>the contrary, And at the center of it all is

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<v Speaker 2>the woman who helped write that story. It's August first,

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<v Speaker 2>and the year two thousand a bomby Tuesday morning in

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<v Speaker 2>the small town of Mayfield in western Kentucky. Beyonce and

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<v Speaker 2>the Boy, Vand and Sink are dominating the airwaves. Gladiator

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<v Speaker 2>and X Men are playing at the local theater. At

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<v Speaker 2>the local middle school, staff are now preparing for the

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<v Speaker 2>coming year, though nothing could prepare teacher Tina Schlasser for

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<v Speaker 2>what was to come. She steps outside to water the

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<v Speaker 2>plants near the back of the school when she sees

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<v Speaker 2>something out of the corner of her eye, something laying

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<v Speaker 2>just behind the low brick wall. It's an item of

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<v Speaker 2>clothing strewn on the grass, a single sandal, just laying there,

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<v Speaker 2>she'd later say, as if someone had just run out

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<v Speaker 2>of it. Walking closer, she peers around the corner and

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<v Speaker 2>stops in her tracks. Standing rigid and horror. Before her

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<v Speaker 2>lies the brutalized and partially burned body of a young

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<v Speaker 2>black woman. The singed grass around her is a strange

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<v Speaker 2>yellow color aside from the damaged dump by fire. The

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<v Speaker 2>body is starting to decompose. Only later would they be

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<v Speaker 2>able to identify the young woman as Jessica Curran. Her

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<v Speaker 2>murder would shake this quiet town to its core and

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<v Speaker 2>make headlines across the nation.

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<v Speaker 3>Someone had murdered eighteen year old Jessica Curran, a local

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<v Speaker 3>fire captain's daughter, a single mother. Her smile lit up

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<v Speaker 3>her friends.

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<v Speaker 2>Jessica was last seen by her parents, Joe and Gene Curran,

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<v Speaker 2>on the afternoon of Saturday, July twenty ninth. They were

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<v Speaker 2>taking care of her seven month old baby Cyon for

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<v Speaker 2>the evening.

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<v Speaker 4>We got up Sunday morning, and you know, my wife

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<v Speaker 4>says she already knew something was wrong because Jesse normally

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<v Speaker 4>calls and checks on Zion pretty often, and she hadn't

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<v Speaker 4>called at night. We got up that morning and went

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<v Speaker 4>by her house, knocked on the door, and we didn't

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<v Speaker 4>get an answer.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't have to wait long to discover the awful truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Less than forty eight hours later, the Mayfield Police Department,

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<v Speaker 2>the local cops were scrambling trying to make sense of

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<v Speaker 2>a chaotic crime scene. The police footage shows the half clothed,

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<v Speaker 2>partially burned body of Jessica Curran. Her dress is torn,

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<v Speaker 2>underwear discarded. The sandal lying nearby suggests she might have

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<v Speaker 2>been attempting to flee her attacker. Plenty of theories about

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<v Speaker 2>what happened and who did this would emerge, but for

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<v Speaker 2>the police, it was too soon to say.

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<v Speaker 3>Police say eighteen year old Jessica Alessa Current die from

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<v Speaker 3>multiple blows to the body. Investigators say she was assaulted

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<v Speaker 3>and her body set on fire. So far, police say

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<v Speaker 3>there are no motives.

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<v Speaker 2>And in the archive footage of the crime scene you

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<v Speaker 2>can clearly see the yellow police tape blocking off the area.

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<v Speaker 2>Cape is supposed to be a barrier between the crime

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<v Speaker 2>scene and onlookers to protect the evidence from contamination, but

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't stop one curious Mayfield resonant from getting closer

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<v Speaker 2>than she should. Susan Goalbreath. She's forty, white, slightly overlooked

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<v Speaker 2>within the community, a little overweight, with bleached blonde hair,

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<v Speaker 2>and a rough and ready charm brazen even She's not

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<v Speaker 2>a journalist or a cop. She's a housewife. Exactly how

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<v Speaker 2>she came to be at the crime scene is a

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<v Speaker 2>matter of some debate, but here she is giving one

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<v Speaker 2>version of events to a journalist. Some years later, a friend.

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<v Speaker 5>And I are sitting at a restaurant and our waitress

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<v Speaker 5>walked over and asked us if we had heard that

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<v Speaker 5>there was a body that had been found at the

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<v Speaker 5>middle school. As I'm heading towards home, I saw a

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<v Speaker 5>crime scene tape and I started walking through this grass.

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<v Speaker 5>As I come through the clearing of it, I just

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<v Speaker 5>look up and there I see the body of a

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<v Speaker 5>black woman.

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<v Speaker 2>People kept fixated with true crime stories, and sometimes citizens

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<v Speaker 2>sluice will jump in and try to solve or help

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<v Speaker 2>the police, but they're doing it from afar. Susan lived

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<v Speaker 2>in the same town where Jessica Curran was murdered, and

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<v Speaker 2>Susan didn't know Jessica personally. In fact, she had no

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<v Speaker 2>connection to her at all, and yet she felt so

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<v Speaker 2>compelled as to physically step into the crime scene. Her

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<v Speaker 2>name is there in black and white on the official

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<v Speaker 2>police log.

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<v Speaker 3>I knew that it had grabbed me.

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<v Speaker 5>I knew it because I could not stop thinking about her.

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<v Speaker 2>Susan's motivations will be a matter of debate for years.

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<v Speaker 2>No one could know how this case would come to

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<v Speaker 2>haunt Mayfield for the two decades, making Susan Gabre a

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<v Speaker 2>hero to some and a villain to others.

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<v Speaker 4>If you get somebody like that on the wrong track,

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<v Speaker 4>they could take the ball and go to long divasion.

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<v Speaker 2>What were Susan's real motives for trying to solve the

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<v Speaker 2>Jessica current murder? She wasn't able to help them find

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<v Speaker 2>the killer that killed their daughter. How did the authorities

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<v Speaker 2>come to trust this middle aged housewife and her evidence?

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<v Speaker 3>Is that normal?

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<v Speaker 2>First, it says, to be walking around with case files

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<v Speaker 2>motionless of discovery, it'd be very unusual. It's a question

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<v Speaker 2>that has left many perturbed, including her son. It was

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<v Speaker 2>just the lies. There are so many lives, so the

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<v Speaker 2>narrative that's in front of us can't be the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Did Susan ultimately do more harm than good wine world?

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<v Speaker 2>Would you allow them to get this close, especially somebody

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<v Speaker 2>that would have a motive.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm members economy said Nan, you need you on MySpace

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<v Speaker 4>and look at this is I'm just like, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>what do I know?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 4>My god?

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<v Speaker 2>And perhaps the biggest question of all, did she help

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<v Speaker 2>convict an innocent man?

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<v Speaker 4>I do feel like that they got the wrong People.

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<v Speaker 2>From Sony Music, Entertainment and Message heard you're listening to

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<v Speaker 2>My Mother's Lies. I'm Beth Karas, a journalist and lego

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<v Speaker 2>analyst who has been covering stories at the heart of

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<v Speaker 2>our criminal justice system for decades. This is episode one,

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<v Speaker 2>The Hero Housewife who sawd a Murder.

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