The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 128 - The Black Widow

The courtyard of an elementary school is probably the last place on earth you'd expect someone to attempt hiring a hitman. Not for a mom in Southern Australia in 2001. 
 
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Special Thanks: 
Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D 
 
Research &amp; Writing: 
Ryan Deininger 
 
Sources: 
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Friday-greed-murder-suburbs/dp/1743057814">Dead By Friday, Derek Pedley (2012)</a> 
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Contract-Killers-Killed-Carolyn-Matthews/dp/B075RCR6WY/ref=dv_web_auth_no_re_sig?_encoding=UTF8&amp;">Contract Killers: Who Killed Carolyn Matthews?</a> 
<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/teen-lashes-out-at-dad-for-hiring-hitman-to-kill-mum-20040226-gdifl0.html">The Sydney Morning Herald</a> 
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7221637/Meet-ruthless-women-prey-vulnerable-men-earning-title-ultimate-black-widows.html">The Daily Mail</a> 
<a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/have-sex-with-anybody-kill-them-after-australias-black-widows-michelle-burgess-and-melissa-shaw/2KK2ESGSUSUU2DAJFR2IIFMRM4/">NZ Herald</a> 
<a href="https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/magazinearticle/meet-michellethe-black-widow-of-adelaide/">True Crime Library</a> 
<a href="https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/conniving-husband-kevin-matthews-who-played-the-fool-in-killing-of-carolyn-matthews/news-story/b6f8ba4c85e6f484379b9aabf11bb7f7">The Adelaide Advertiser</a> 
<a href="https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/the-calls-to-crime-stoppers-sa-that-cracked-baffling-murders-in-south-australia/news-story/21a4936101d0d2e490b2c237d56f9e10">The Adelaide Advertiser #2</a> 
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-04-02/adelaide-lovers-get-record-sentence-for-murder/162930">ABC.net.au</a>

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