Fan Favorite - "Death of a Ladies' Man"

About this episode

The episode recounts a prosecutor's unexpected discovery during a divorce trial that could solve a murder case.

Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 384. One afternoon in January of 1998, a prosecutor for the state of Georgia sat in the very back row of seats in a courtroom where a divorce trial was unfolding. The prosecutor was not involved in the divorce case – he handled murder trials. But he had come here today, because he had gotten a very surprising phone call about an unsolved case he had worked on a year and a half earlier. The caller had told him that the testimony in this divorce – could solve that murder. Now, in the courtroom, the prosecutor felt his heart rate pick up, as the witness he had been waiting for took the stand. And as soon as the witness started talking – the prosecutor knew: he had solved the murder.

People in this episode

Host: MrBallen

Topics covered

• true crime
• unsolved cases
• courtroom drama
• murder investigation
• divorce trial

Keywords

• murder
• divorce trial
• Georgia
• unsolved case
• courtroom
• testimony
• prosecutor

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Georgia

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