Strange Country Ep. 126: Pamela Smart

Strange Country

Strange Country tackles another trial of the century. This time it's the trial of Pamela Smart, a woman accused of bewitching a teen and his friends into murdering her husband. Co-hosts Beth and Kelly take about the impact of the media's glare. Smart's trial was the first to be broadcast live as it was happening and many of the participants acted more than a little starstruck. Also Beth does a spectacularly poor job of trying to explain a principle of quantum physics.

Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands

Cite your sources:

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Dimond, Diane. “Petition, TV Special Revive Pamela Smart Case.” Boston Herald, Boston Herald, 17 Nov. 2018, https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/08/19/petition-tv-special-revive-pamela-smart-case/.

Finn, Natalie. “Pamela Smart's Tangled Web Only Started With Her Husband's Murder.” E! Online, E! News, 20 Apr. 2019, https://www.eonline.com/news/1034158/still-to-die-for-inside-the-tangled-web-around-pamela-smart-that-started-with-the-murder-of-her-husband.

Juceam, Robert E. “PETITION FORM AND MATERIALS IN SUPPORT OF PAMELA SMART’S PETITION FOR COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE,” PDF. https://www.nhpr.org/sites/nhpr/files/201904/complete_petition_pdf.pdf

Ramer, Holly. “Pamela Smart Denied Chance at Freedom in Husband's Death.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 15 May 2019, https://apnews.com/d121271723964f9ba2a7a1edc8102248.

Stern, Marlow. “Did Sexpot Schoolteacher Pamela Smart Hire Teens to Kill Her Husband?” The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 19 Jan. 2014, https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-sexpot-schoolteacher-pamela-smart-hire-teens-to-kill-her-husband.

Thomas, Karen M. “SEDUCTION AND MURDER CASE ENDS IN CONVICTION.” Chicagotribune.com, 2 Sept. 2018, https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-03-23-9101260413-story.html.

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Zagar, Jeremiah, director. Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart. Passion Pictures.