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Nov 2021
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Episode 115 - Til Death Do Us Part

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About this episode
Ben and Narcy Novak's marriage was held together by mutually-assured destruction. He had all the money. She had all the dirt.

Ben Jr. Novack had it all - wealth, influence, and a thriving convention business that made him millions each year. He was also the son of one of the world’s most successful hoteliers. But none of that would protect him from a gruesome death at the hands of the person he should have trusted the most. A wife who took her vows of “til death do us part” to a whole new twisted and sadistic level, stopping at nothing to make sure that if she couldn’t have him, no one could.

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Music Credits:
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/

Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Rose Keefe

Special Thanks:
Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D


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Women & Crime
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Sources:
Glatt, John. Prince of Paradise.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-how-a-reporter-uncovered-the-murder-of-miami-matriarch-bernice-novack/ 
https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8353824 
https://www.wealthmanagement.com/estate-planning/fight-over-fortune-murdered-fontainebleau-hotel-heir-continues 
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/article/20120315/NEWS/812036765 
48 Hours episode “Crazy Love” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-killed-miami-beach-hotel-heir-benji-novack/5/ 
https://forward.com/tag/narcy-novack/ 
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2012/narcisa-veliz-novack-and-cristobal-veliz-sentenced-in-white-plains-federal-court-to-life-in-prison-for-the-beating-deaths-of-ben-and-bernice-novack
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/alejandro-garcia-sentenced-white-plains-federal-court-17-years-and-six-months-prison
https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/04/09/4118904.htm
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2010-07-19-fl-novack-mayocol-b071910-20100719-story.html
https://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/12/17/sentencing-day-in-narcy-novack-family-killings-case/
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