Strange Country Episode 200: Santa Kimes

Strange County episode 200, everybody! That means, you've likely wasted 199 hours of your life. Why not waste an hour more with today's story of Sante Kimes, a grifter with a penchant for fraud, arson and murder. Beth and Kelly also share a new way to express anger.

Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands

Cite your sources:

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Feuer, A. (2014, May 22). Sante Kimes Dies in Prison at 79; Killed and Swindled With Her Son. New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2021, from https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/nyregion/sante-kimes-dies-in-prison-at-79-killed-and-swindled-with-her-son.html?searchResultPosition=2

Rohde, D. (2000, May 17). Sante Kimes Chastised by Judge Over Contacts With News Media. New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2021, from https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/17/nyregion/sante-kimes-chastised-by-judge-over-contacts-with-news-media.html?searchResultPosition=1

Tefler, T. (2021). Sante Kimes. In Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion (pp. 256-285). Harper Perennial.

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