Diana Smith and Scott Jones

Murder Is Bad

This episode explores the chilling unsolved murders of Diana Smith and Scott Jones. Diana, a promising theater set design graduate, and Scott, a former x-ray equipment salesperson turned landscape architecture student, had lives full of potential that were abruptly ended when their bodies were discovered in Scott’s apartment.
There are suspicious details surrounding the case, from the peculiar $12 check endorsed by Diana, to the elusive woman seen with her just days before the tragic incident. From the drug evidence to the theories surrounding a possible suicide pact and troubling past relationships, curiosity will be stoked in this bewildering true crime narrative.
Ackerberg, Peter. “Mystery of why couple died has investigators perplexed.” The Minneapolis Star. April 7, 1981.
Kimball, Joe. “Without funds for cold case unit, St. Paul police still working on unsolved murders.” Minnpost, Minnesota. December 9, 2011.
Klauda, Paul. “2 St. Paul deaths called suspicious by police.” Minneapolis Tribune. March 13, 1981.
Klauda, Paul. “St. Paul police seek woman in slayings.”
Janos, Adam. “Chloroform: How the 'Knockout Drug' Has Been Used to Murder Over the Last 30 Years.” www.aetv.com. March 12, 2018.
Lowe, Caroline. “Cold Case: Chloroform Murders.” CBS News, Minnesota. February 27, 2006.
Parsons, Jim. “Case of the chloroformed couple still a mystery to St. Paul police. Minneapolis Tribune. March 7, 1982.
“Deaths: Mystery a murder?” Associated Press. May 7, 1981.
“Examiner: Couple were poisoned.” Associated Press. May 28, 1981.
“Murder mystery still baffles St. Paul police.” Associated Press. May 8, 1982.
“Obituaries: Llewellyn Pearl Wilt Jones.” The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. March 21, 2012.
Minnesota Historical Society. www.mnhs.org

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Chapters

1. Mysterious Deaths (00:00:00)

2. Unsolved Murders of Diana Smith (00:12:02)