A Deadly Hunt: John Bruce Dodson and Janice Lee Dodson

About this episode

The episode explores the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a newlywed and the potential motives of the surviving spouse and an ex.

When a newlywed is killed 3 months after their wedding, suspicion turns on the surviving spouse. Was it simply an accident or an act of jealous revenge? If so, was it the spouse or possibly the spouse’s ex? Sources: 1. Daniels, Frank J.  Dead Center . 2. “A Murder Disguised as a Hunting Accident - ABC News.”  ABC News , ABC News, 28 Jan. 2004,  https://abcnews.com/Primetime/story?id=132406&page=1 . 3. Dowling, Paul.  Forensic Files . 1996. 4.  How Janice Dodson Plotted Her Husband’s Murder | Snapped Bonus | Oxygen . YouTube, 30 Sept. 2019,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eHS9U3ER2s . 5. “John Bruce Dodson (1946-1995) - Find a Grave Memorial.”  Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records ,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8496897/john_bruce-dodson . Accessed 2 Mar. 2026. Smith, Benjamin H. “Janice Dodson Found Guilty Of Murdering Husband John Bruce Dodson.”  Oxygen , Oxygen, 1 Oct. 2019,  https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/janice-dodson-guilty-murdering-husband-john-bruce-dodson . 7.  Snapped . 2004. 8.  The Daily Sentinel , 21 Oct. 1995. This Week’s Episode Brought To You By: Hers &nbsp…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jessie Pray, Andie Cassette

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• jealousy
• spousal suspicion
• hunting accident
• true crime

Keywords

• murder
• hunting accident
• spouse
• jealousy
• true crime
• investigation
• Dodson case

Sponsors

Hers, Quince, Rocket Money, First Day

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ABC News, Oxygen, Find a Grave

Books & works: Dead Center, Forensic Files, Snapped

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