Playing with Fire
The True Story of a Nurse, Her Husband, and a Marriage Turned Fatal
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Narrated by:
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Shaun Grindell
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By:
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John Glatt
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A beautiful nurse. A lethal injection. A gruesomely charred corpse.
Nothing could have shocked the sleepy community of Morgantown, West Virginia, more than the lurid details that surfaced after a house fire claimed the life of Shelly Michael's husband, Jimmy. Local authorities suspected possible arson. Then they discovered that Jimmy had been dead before the fire even started - paralyzed by a fatal dose of muscle relaxant....
Did Shelly Michael, a respected nurse and mother, kill her second husband and torch her own home? Were the rumors true that she'd had an affair with her husband's employee only two weeks before the murder? Or did she kill Jimmy simply for the insurance money? Charged with first-degree murder and first-degree arson, Shelly would never stop claiming her innocence - even to this day.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
When high school sweethearts Karen and Richard Sharpe married, they shared an interest in medicine, a desire for family, and a dream for the future. For Karen, that dream became a nightmare. After years of abuse at the hands of her physician husband, she put an end to their 26-year marriage. Fearing a crushing divorce settlement, Richard ended the marriage first by unloading a .22-caliber rifle into Karen's chest. The murder revealed more about the millionaire doctor - and his double life - than polite Boston society was prepared for.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Factual account
- By Sheila S on 06-25-21
By: John Glatt
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Deadly American Beauty
- Beautiful Bride, Dark Secrets, Deadly Love
- By: John Glatt
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Greg DeVillers was a top biotech executive, and Kristin Rossum was embarking on a career in toxicology at the San Diego Medical Examiner's office. They seemed to be happily married, living the American dream. But only months shy of their second anniversary, Kristin found her handsome husband dead from a drug overdose - his corpse sprinkled with rose petals. By his side was their wedding photo. Authorities deemed it a suicide. Until they discovered that the rare poison found in Greg's body was the same poison missing from Kristin's office.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A different writing style than I've seen before
- By Miked9746 on 04-05-22
By: John Glatt
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Death in Texas
- A True Story of Marriage, Money, and Murder
- By: Carlton Smith
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4 out of 5 stars 76
Robert and Doris Angleton seemed to have the perfect life. Until she was coldly murdered in her own home, shot 13 times in the head, chest, and abdomen.... Suddenly, the ideal husband seemed anything but perfect: He was jailed, accused of hiring his older brother, Roger, to kill his wife for money - possibly as much as $2 million. However, without the crucial eyewitness testimony of Roger - who soon committed suicide in a Houston jail cell - the case against Robert rested entirely on circumstantial evidence. But the facts raise more questions than answers....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating!!
- By BVerité on 11-12-20
By: Carlton Smith
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If You Only Knew
- By: M. William Phelps
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4 out of 5 stars 68
When Vonlee "Nicole" Titlow and her aunt, Billie Jean Rogers, came home from a night of gambling in a casino near Detroit, they told police they found Billie's husband unconscious on the floor of the Rogers' mansion. Just another of his alcoholic benders, they assumed. But this time, Donald Rogers didn't wake up.
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1 out of 5 stars
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weird narration
- By Sarah on 12-27-16
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Richie
- A Father, His Son, and the Ultimate American Tragedy
- By: Thomas Thompson
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
George Diener, World War II veteran and traveling salesman, and his wife, Carol, had old-fashioned values and ordinary aspirations: a home, a family, the pleasure of watching their two sons grow up. But in February 1972, an unthinkable tragedy occurred in the basement of their Nassau County residence, shattering their hopes and dreams forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful Read- How Drugs Destroyed One Family
- By Susie Q on 09-02-19
By: Thomas Thompson
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Depraved
- A True Story of Sadistic Muder in the Heartland
- By: John Glatt
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4 out of 5 stars 96
John Edward Robinson was a 56-year-old grandfather from rural Kansas. An entrepreneur and Eagle Scout, he was even honored as "Man of the Year" at a Kansas City charity. To some of the women he met on the internet, he was known as Slavemaster - a sexual deviate with a taste for sadomasochistic rituals of extreme domination and torture...even killing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How long he got away with it
- By Robert J. Feller on 05-09-25
By: John Glatt
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My Sweet Angel
- The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood
- By: John Glatt
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 387
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 388
Lacey Spears made international headlines in January 2015, when she was charged with the "depraved mind" murder of her five-year-old son, Garnett. Prosecutors alleged that the 27-year-old mother had poisoned him with high concentrations of salt through his stomach tube. To the outside world, Lacey had seemed like the perfect mother, regularly posting dramatic updates on her son's harrowing medical problems. But in reality, Lacey was a textbook case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration UGH
- By Linda on 01-05-18
By: John Glatt
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Cries in the Desert
- The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer
- By: John Glatt
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 223
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 202
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Story4 out of 5 stars 200
In the fall of 1999, a 22-year-old woman was discovered naked and bleeding on the streets of a small New Mexico town south of Albuquerque. She was chained to a padlocked metal collar. The tale she told authorities - of being beaten, raped, and tortured with electric shock - was unthinkable. Until she led them to 59-year-old David Ray Parker, his 39-year-old fiancee Cindy Hendy, and the lakeside trailer they called their "toy box." What the FBI uncovered was unprecedented in the annals of serial crime.
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1 out of 5 stars
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What did I just read & why?!
- By Jan on 02-11-20
By: John Glatt
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Bitter Remains
- A Custody Battle, a Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price
- By: Diane Fanning
- Narrated by: Karyn O'Bryant
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 257
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 238
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Story4 out of 5 stars 237
On July 13, 2011, Laura Jean Ackerson of Kinston, North Carolina, went to pick up her two toddler sons. It would be the last time she was seen alive. Laura's ex, Grant Hayes - the father of her two sons - and his wife, Amanda, the mother of his newborn daughter, both pointed the finger at each other as the one guilty of murdering Laura, cutting up her body, and then transporting and disposing of the remains on the shores of Oyster Creek, Texas.
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4 out of 5 stars
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COMPELLING ACCOUNT - WRONG NARRATOR!
- By The Louligan on 03-18-16
By: Diane Fanning
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Sworn to Silence
- The Truth Behind Robert Garrow and the Missing Bodies' Case
- By: Jim Tracy
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 54
In Sworn to Silence, award-winning reporter Jim Tracy tells the lawyers' story within the framework of a true crime narrative. He uncovers a criminal who police and the public never learned was an American serial killer. Tracy does so while taking the listener back briefly to American life in the early 1970s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great account, annoying narration
- By Esskay on 04-08-21
By: Jim Tracy
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Wages of Sin
- By: Suzy Spencer
- Narrated by: Nikki Zakocs
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4 out of 5 stars 14
On January 11, 1995, deputies outside Austin, Texas, found a mutilated body laid across a cold campfire—head destroyed, hands cut off, skin singed by fire. In less than three days, they had the kill zone: a small apartment, where shy Christopher Hatton was shot at point blank range in his bed.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don’t pay for this
- By Constant Reader on 03-27-25
By: Suzy Spencer
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Reasonable Doubt
- A Shocking Story of Lust and Murder in the American Heartland
- By: Steve Vogel
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 438
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Story4 out of 5 stars 396
A mother and her three young children are found hacked to death in their beds. The apparent weapons, an ax and butcher knife, are found nearby. A month later, the husband and father, who was away on a business trip when the bodies were found, is accused of the killings. A successful businessman and devoted member of a fundamentalist religious group, David Hendricks has the total support of his extended family. Police paint a darker picture, and prosecutors face the daunting task of convicting him on a case based on completely circumstantial evidence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring!
- By Kaitlin B on 12-07-18
By: Steve Vogel
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The Suspect
- A True Story of Love, Marriage, Betrayal and Murder
- By: Jenny Friel
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 44
On a clear autumn morning in 2004, Rachel O'Reilly, a 30-year-old mother of two, was brutally battered to death in her home. It was a merciless killing that stunned the small, trusting community where she lived and devastated her close-knit family. In the days that followed the discovery of her body, it was thought that Rachel was the victim of a bungled robbery attempt. It soon emerged, however, that police investigating the case believed Rachel had known her killer and that her murder had been carefully planned months in advance.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This story could have been told in a paragraph.
- By DdS on 06-14-18
By: Jenny Friel
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The Shadow of Death
- The Hunt for the Connecticut River Valley Killer
- By: Philip E. Ginsburg
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
In the mid-1980s, someone stabbed six women to death in the Connecticut River Valley on the border between New Hampshire and Vermont. The murderer remains at large and the total number of his victims is unknown. In this brilliant work of true crime reportage, New York Times-bestselling author Philip E. Ginsburg provides fascinating insights into the groundbreaking forensic methods used to track the killer and paints indelible portraits of the lives he cut so tragically short.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Snoozefest
- By EagleTrace on 03-26-25
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Dangerous Ground
- My Friendship with a Serial Killer
- By: M. William Phelps
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4 out of 5 stars 112
In September 2011, M. William Phelps made a bold decision that would change the landscape of reality-based television - and his own life. He asked a convicted serial killer to act as a consultant for his TV series. Under the code name Raven, the murderer shared his insights into the minds of other killers and helped analyze their crimes. As the series became an international sensation, Raven became Phelps' unlikely confidant, ally - and friend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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M. William Phelps is a GENIUS author!
- By Jessica on 02-21-19
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Eye of the Beholder
- The Almost Perfect Murder of Anchorwoman Diane Newton King
- By: Lowell Cauffiel
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
Battle Creek, Michigan, is famous as the birthplace of breakfast cereal, and the nearby suburb of Marshall is as wholesome as shredded wheat. Well-known for its colorful Victorian mansions, this stately slice of 19th-century Americana became infamous on a frigid night in February of 1991. Newscaster Diane Newton King was stepping out of her car, her children strapped into the backseat, when a sniper's bullet cut her down.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly Researched Book but UNNECESSARILY WORDY
- By Mary Burnight on 01-07-22
By: Lowell Cauffiel
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Never Forgive, Never Forget
- A Shocking True Crime Story
- By: Rod Kackley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 6
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Story3 out of 5 stars 6
No body means no crime, which makes this the perfect murder, Doug Stewart hopes. Doug even has an ironclad alibi. He’s been seen hundreds of miles away when his lovely wife, Venus, vanishes. What better plan could any murderer hope for? But Doug’s forgotten one thing: the power of a mother’s love. Venus’ mother believes her daughter’s husband lured Venus outside and killed her. Now, Venus’ mom wants her daughter back, dead or alive. Never Forgive, Never Forget: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley tells the story of a woman whose fear of her husband was justified. It’s ...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting short story
- By Cathy on 04-05-25
By: Rod Kackley
I'll be buying more Audible from this author.
Well Presented
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Excellent book and presentation!
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Incredible. True crime.
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Well written and superb narration!
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well written and disturbing
a despicable person ...GREAT BOOK
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Wonderful
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Well told
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Cold Blooded!!
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What is hard for me to believe is as smart as Shelly was, she thought her lies were convincing. She had such an ego and I can only assume she is still declaring her innocence.
Good Book
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As a Nurse myself I can say this nurse is "DUMB!"
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