Family Secrets, Part 2
Criminal

Family Secrets, Part 2

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 202640 min
  • Documentary
  • Crime & justice

In June of 1985, police followed in pursuit as Fritz Klenner drove through the streets of Greensboro, North Carolina, with his cousin Susie Lynch and her two sons. When the chase eventually ended, it was like “something right out of a movie.” This is the second part of a two-part story. You can listen to Part 1 here. Jerry Bledsoe's book is called ⁠⁠Bitter Blood⁠⁠. You can read more of Susan Spear's reporting in the Greensboro ⁠⁠News and Record⁠⁠. We're going on tour - and it's a different kind of show than any we've done before. Tonight we'l...

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This is the second episode in a two-part series. If you haven't heard the first episode yet, we'd recommend that you go back and listen to that episode first. This episode contains descriptions of violence, including against children.

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Please use discretion. In July of 1984, a mother and daughter were found dead at their home in a rural area outside of Louisville, Kentucky. Delores Lynch was 68.

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Her daughter, Janie Lynch, was 39. The chief called me at home and said, we've got a double homicide over on Coverbridge Road, which I knew where it was, and I even knew the house,

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