Mel introduces you to the case that was sold to the world in 1990, how she became involved, and why she stepped away...until she couldn't any longer. 

Pam is angry. The men who pulled the trigger and killed her husband are out. They’ve been out for almost a decade, while she still sits in prison without any possibility of parole. 

But Pam has been angry for nearly 34 years. Her anger is part of how we think of her, how we remember her.

Mel takes you on a deep, deep dive into the teens involved in the murder and who they were at the time, and beyond. Was there a reason behind Bill Flynn's emotions on the stand? What did they actually do to Pam's dog? Listener discretion is advised. You've been warned. 

Only one of the five teens involved in planning and carrying out the murder of Gregg Smart on May 1, 1990 was never charged and never served a day behind bars. Cecelia Pierce. In this episode, Mel goes on another deep dive to figure out why. She even comes across some potentially new evidence...if she can figure out where it exists.

The wire taps were the only physical evidence against Pamela Smart, so the questions remain:

Was Pamela Smart acting when she was recorded by the Derry Police and Cecelia Pierce? She says she was.

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Were the wire taps edited or spliced? Forensics audiologists say yes.

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Who transcribed the tapes? The prosecutor says some "secretary" in the Attorney General's office, not a certified transcriber.

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Mel dives deep into the tapes in this episode and even manages to get her hands on the famed transcripts. 

This episode wasn't planned, but Mel felt compelled to share it when she FINALLY tracked down one of the key players in this story and he spent an hour with her. This is the only episode in the series that is comprised of an an interview with a source. Listen to find out why.

For fourteen days in March of 1991, the country and much of the world was riveted by a court case in a tiny New Hampshire town called, Exeter. The Pamela Smart Accomplice to Murder Trial.

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Perhaps everyone was so enthralled by the spectacle they missed the very real possibility of a miscarriage of justice, but there's the tape and transcripts. Mel takes a deep dive on the trial and errors that occured.

The media's role in creating the trope of the "manipulative ice princess" and how that categorization found Pam Smart's family desperately searching to find their daughter and sister within the prison system when she went missing during the first two years of her Life Without Parole Sentence.

Listen to find out where she was and why her family couldn't find her until it was too late to say goodbye.

Even Manson had the option of parole. 

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Mel breaks down the sentencing and why Pamela Smart is serving Life Without Parole, for a crime that may not fit the New Hampshire mandate for sentencing...though no one has seemed to notice for 34 years, until a new legal team comes on the scene. 

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