About this episode

The episode explores the complex case of Lana and Steven Clayton, focusing on the events leading to Steven's death after being shot and later poisoned.

She shot her husband with a crossbow — and he forgave her. Two years later, he was dead, poisoned with something sitting in almost every medicine cabinet in America. The story of Lana and Steven Clayton, and the "tangled web" that took a judge's breath away.

Topics covered

• true crime
• murder
• forgiveness
• poisoning
• crossbow
• legal system

Keywords

• Lana Clayton
• Steven Clayton
• crossbow
• poison
• true crime
• forgiveness
• murder case

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