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Jan 2023
38m 4s

Amy Bishop: The Professor Turned Killer

WONDERY | TREEFORT MEDIA
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Former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs into the case of Amy Bishop, a professor who murdered three of her colleagues at the University of Alabama after being denied tenure. Candice unravels Amy's long history of violence, including the shooting her brother, which was initially ruled accidental.


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