9 episodes
MANslaughter Wondery
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3.2 • 113 Ratings
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MANslaughter tells intertwining stories about how one gunshot on a cold Wisconsin night in 1970 dramatically changed multiple lives. A bullet brutally tore through decorated law enforcement veteran LaVerne Stordock. Decades later, his niece, Dorothy Marcic, transformed herself into an amateur detective in a quest for truth and closure about that night. At the center of Dorothy’s investigation is Suzanne Brandon, LaVerne’s second wife, who confessed to the shooting -- and who Dorothy believes completely escaped justice. As it follows Dorothy’s discoveries, MANslaughter explores questions around the psychology of crime, the ways women are made responsible in families, and the lasting impact of trauma.
A final encounter between Suzanne and Dorothy reveals a complex connection that even that gunshot cannot shatter. MANslaughter is based on the book, With One Shot by Dorothy Marcic.
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With One Shot
On a cold Wisconsin night in 1970, a gunshot echoes from the grandest home in the small town of Oregon, ending the life of law enforcement veteran LaVern Stordock. Fifty years later, his niece Dorothy Marcic re-opens the investigation to find out why her Aunt Suzanne seemingly got away with the murder...
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David
Another person was inside the mansion in a small Wisconsin town the night LaVerne Stordock was killed. Dorothy’s cold case investigation into her uncle’s murder makes a shocking discovery about who could have pulled the trigger.
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Suzanne
Convinced that chaos and discord follow her Aunt Suzanne, Dorothy does a deep dive into her childhood. Dorothy concludes that the killing was not random but pre-medidated by Suzanne and her son -- so she sets out to prove her theory.
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Profit
Married and divorced three times before she met Vern Stordock, Suzanne joined several families. After an ex-husband and a father in law die, Dorothy looks for proof that Suzanne benefitted from their deaths - and that foul play was involved.
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Psychopath
After time in a mental hospital, Suzanne went on to meet a final husband -- and achieve professional success. But Dorothy immerses herself in criminal psychology, trying to determine whether her aunt was a psychopath using a test created by one of the top experts in the field. Suzanne’s friends and family paint a very different picture of her than Dorothy does.
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Trauma
In different ways, Dorothy and Suzanne learned to live with the consequences of a single shot that rang out more than 50 years ago. After two funerals, painful secrets are revealed. For the first time, and in detail, Dorothy presents her idea of what happened on the last night in February, 1970 -- and we examine the evidence around the murder that still haunts her.
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Customer Reviews
Only 1 series :(
Wish this could go on
No story here
This really isn’t particularly interesting.
At one point, it sounds as if people are simply resentful they didn’t receive “Vernie’s” estate.
Dorothy sounds like a little girl in an older woman’s body, a horrible voice, and the narrator tries to make the story sound compelling, when it isn’t.
Perhaps if Dorothy’s narration were omitted and there were fewer episodes, this would have been interesting to listen to.
Cold Case
I enjoyed the story and the way it was presented. The discrepancies that pop up through out this story makes me realize why there are some Cold Cases out there in the world.