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Strange Country


Sometimes you need to have a glass of wine, cuppa whatever and listen to a good old weird story. Musical score Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands.

Jul 29, 2021

Strange County episode 200, everybody! That means, you've likely wasted 199 hours of your life. Why not waste an hour more with today's story of Sante Kimes, a grifter with a penchant for fraud, arson and murder. Beth and Kelly also share a new way to express anger.

Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands

Cite your sources:

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Feuer, A. (2014, May 22). Sante Kimes Dies in Prison at 79; Killed and Swindled With Her Son. New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2021, from https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/nyregion/sante-kimes-dies-in-prison-at-79-killed-and-swindled-with-her-son.html?searchResultPosition=2

Rohde, D. (2000, May 17). Sante Kimes Chastised by Judge Over Contacts With News Media. New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2021, from https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/17/nyregion/sante-kimes-chastised-by-judge-over-contacts-with-news-media.html?searchResultPosition=1

Tefler, T. (2021). Sante Kimes. In Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion (pp. 256-285). Harper Perennial.

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