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Apr 2025
46m 12s

The Suspicious Case of Martha “Sunny” vo...

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When a wealthy socialite was found face down and unresponsive on her bathroom floor, she soon slipped into her second coma in a year. This time, she would never wake up. Suspicion surrounded the cause of the woman’s condition from the very beginning, and that suspicion eventually led to an arrest. 

Two trials and endless speculation from the public and media later, the question still stands: did someone attempt to end Sunny’s life in order to inherit her fortune, or was the suspect framed?

View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/marthasunnyvonbulow

 

Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.

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