Melinda and Clarence

SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to Episode 53: Melinda and Judy
before you listen to this one. Melinda Dawson found out on the same
day in 1998 that her adoptive mother had been killed and that her
own husband Clarence Elkins was being charged with the murder. He
was convicted in 1999 and given two life sentences. Left alone with
her two sons, no money, and no experience, Melinda set out to try
and prove that he was innocent. She started with a suspect list of
people who looked like her husband and chased them down, one by
one. Special thanks to David Massar, who is currently working on a
film about Melinda's life story, Miss America. Say hello on
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