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Nov 2016
35m 15s

Melinda and Clarence

VOX MEDIA PODCAST NETWORK
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SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to Episode 53: Melinda and Judy before you listen to this one. Melinda Dawson found out on the same day in 1998 that her adoptive mother had been killed and that her own husband Clarence Elkins was being charged with the murder. He was convicted in 1999 and given two life sentences. Left alone with her two sons, no money, and n ... Show More
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