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S5 Ep40: Diane Downs: Beyond Small Sacrifices
Season 5 · Episode 40

S5 Ep40: Diane Downs: Beyond Small Sacrifices

Crimes of the Centuries

January 5, 202648m 7s

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Show Notes

In May 1983, a young Oregon mother arrived at a Springfield hospital with a horrifying story: a stranger had flagged her down on a dark road and shot her and her three children. One child was dead, the other two clinging to life. But hospital staff noticed something strange about Diane Downs: She was superficially injured, eerily calm and oddly focused on her ruined vacation and blood-stained car. As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a trail of obsession, manipulation, and diaries revealing a case of betrayal and unthinkable violence that would shock America. 

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