Pamela & Greg Smart

Pamela Smart

William “Billy” Flynn

Georgia:

The trial of Pamela Smart

Episode sources:

1. “Do you remember Pamela Smart?” by Manuel Roig-Franzia (The Washington Post, January 15, 2019)

2. “Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart”

3. “Deadly Secret” (Dateline, July 29th, 2019)

4. “26 Years Later, Gun Used in Smart Murder to be Returned to Owner” (Associated Press, March 30, 2016)

5. “The tapes that convicted Smart: Cecelia Pierce’s role” (Keene Equinox, April 20, 2006)

6. “Pamela Smart takes responsibility for husband’s 1990 killing for the first time”

7. “Jurors Say Tapes Convicted Teacher in Murder Scheme” (United Press International, March 24, 1991)

8. “A Woman Who Will Stop at Nothing” by Francesca Lia Block (The New York Times

9. “Timeline: How Pamela Smart case has unfolded over past few decades” by KC Downey (WMUR, June 11, 2024)

10. NH v. SMART (1991) (CourtTV)

Karen:

The story of “Lawn Chair” Larry Walters

Episode sources:

1. “The Man in the Flying Lawn Chair” by George Plimpton (New Yorker) 1998 

2. “The Official Site Of ‘The Lawn Chair Pilot’” (Mark Barry) 

3. “Mysteries of Flight: Lawn Chair Larry” by Desiree Kocis (Plane & Pilot) 2019

4. “Did Larry Walters Fly in a Lawn Chair Attached to Helium Balloons?” by David Mikkelson (Snopes) 2000

5. “Larry Walters; Soared to Fame on Lawn Chair” by Myrna Oliver (Los Angeles Times) 1993 

6. “Lawn Chair Larry” (Darwin Awards) 1993

7. “Chairplane Pilot Regrets No Photos” (Associated Press) 1982

8. “What’s Up With Weather Balloons?” by Lesley Henton (Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences) 2023

9. “‘That was a one-time deal with me’” by Jack Jones (Los Angeles Times) 1988

10. “’Lawn Chair Larry Walters’” (BBC) 2007

11. “The Legacy of ‘Lawnchair Larry’” by Danny Glover (Medium) 2019

12. “Truck Driver Takes to Skies in a Lawn Chair” (Associated Press) 1982

13. “No Headline in Original” (Associated Press) 1982

14. “A Man Can’t Just Sit Around” by David Dodd (San Diego Reader) 2009

15. “Chair, Lawn, Larry Walters” (National Air and Space Museum/Smithsonian)

16. “Discover San Pedro”

17. “Travel to High Altitudes (CDC)

18. “How High Do Commercial Planes Fly?” by Matthew Johnson (California Aeronautical University) 2023

19. “Safe reporting guidelines for media” (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)

“Lawn Chair” Larry takes flight (AP)

Recommendation Corner

Movies
Monkey Man
Rosalie

TV
Anatomy of Lies
Nobody Wants This

Books
Cats of the World by Hannah Shaw and Andrew Marttila