Podcasts True Crime Let's Go To Court! 159: The Worst Woman on Earth & a Cruise Ship

159: The Worst Woman on Earth & a Cruise Ship

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 12:30 p.m.

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Brandi starts us off with a story about a serial killer who the New York Times dubbed, \\u201cthe worst woman on Earth.\\u201d In 1889, Lizzie Brown took a job working as a housekeeper for a 70-year-old farmer named Paul Halliday. Paul quickly proposed to Lizzie, but he\\u2019d come to regret that decision. As it turned out, Lizzie Brown wasn\\u2019t her real name. Soon, the Halliday\\u2019s barn burned down. So did the family home. Paul\\u2019s adult son, John, died in the blaze. Neighbors suspected Lizzie had something to do with the fires. \\xa0
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Then Kristin tells us about the cruise from hell. \\u201cThe Island Escape\\u201d is a no-frills cruise ship that sails the Mediterranean. It\\u2019s a converted ferryboat that caters to budget travelers and offers balconies that -- unlike most other cruise ships -- hang over the water. Nonetheless, this was the cruise that attorney Lonnie Kocontes selected when he wanted to woo his ex-wife, Micki Kanesaki.\\xa0
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And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
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In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
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The \\u201cOpen Water\\u201d episode of Dateline
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\\u201cIrvine attorney convicted in ex-wife\\u2019s cruise ship murder,\\u201d NBC Los Angeles
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\\u2018Almost Got Away With the Perfect Crime\': Attorney Gets Life in Prison for Ex-Wife\'s Cruise Ship Murder,\\u201d NBC Los Angeles
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\\u201cFormer lawyer convicted of murdering ex-wife on cruise, tossing her overboard,\\u201d by Amanda Woods for the New York Post
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In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
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\\u201cThe Worst Woman on Earth\\u201d Murder by Gaslight
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\\u201cTrue Crime: The Worst Woman on Earth\\u201d by Kieran W, Medium
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\\u201cShe Was Crazy About Killing by Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News
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\\u201cLizzie Brown Halliday: The Worst Woman on Earth\\u201d by David Levine, Hudson Valley Magazine
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\\u201cLizzie Halliday\\u2019s Trial\\u201d Buffalo Weekly Express, newspapers.com\\n
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\\u201cMrs. Halliday Convicted\\u201d Lancaster Intelligencer, newspapers.com\\n
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\\u201cLizzie Halliday\\u201d wikipedia.org\\n
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