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True Crime Vault: There is a Monster in Me

October 6, 2026·1h 22m·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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The episode investigates the 1987 murder of Susan Woods in Stephenville, Texas, a case that wrongfully fixated on her ex-husband, Michael Woods, for decades, until DNA evidence and a killer’s posthumous confession revealed Joseph Scott Hatley as the true perpetrator — a man who lived in p

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Susan WoodsMichael WoodsJoseph Scott HatleyShannon Myersthe killerRoy HayesJ.C. BomerBrian Burroughs

Topics

Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsSerial KillersTrue CrimeUnsolved MysteriesWrongful Convictions

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