Case 93
Susan Snow & Bruce Nickell
When 40-year-old bank manager Susan Snow collapsed in her shower after complaining of a headache, the cause of her sudden death wasn’t clear. In a bid for answers, an autopsy was conducted, during which the medical examiner notices a distinct smell that immediately alerts her to the possibility that Susan was poisoned.
A week earlier, 52-year-old Bruce Nickell passed away suddenly from what was thought to be natural causes. When word gets out about Susan’s death, Bruce’s wife Stella Nickell comes forward to report her suspicions that her husband could have fallen victim to a similar fate.
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
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Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
BOOKS
Bitter Almonds: The True Story of Mothers, Daughters, and the Seattle Cyanide Murders – Gregg Olsen
The Anatomy of Motive – John Douglas & Mark Olshaker
VIDEOS
Something’s Fishy – Forensic Files
ARTICLES
Cyanide Death Halts the Sale of Excedrin Capsules – The New York Times
A Terrifying Tale Of Greed, Copycat Schemes, And Cyanide-Laced Murder – Gizmodo
Poisoned Painkiller Panic: The Snow-Nickell Cyanide Murders – Historylink
Washington woman poisoned husband, planted tainted pills around state in 1986 – New York Daily News
Sentence of 90 Years Imposed in 2 Deaths By Tainted Capsules – The New York Times
Woman Convicted of Killing 2 in Drug Tampering – The New York Times
Cyanide-laced capsules kill bank manager – UPI
The investigation into the 1986 drug-tampering deaths of two – UPI
Cyanide victim’s spouses asked to take lie detector tests – UPI
A federal jury convicted Stella Nickell of lacing – UPI
Stella Nickell poisoned her husband with cyanide-laced Excedrin – UPI
Killing Her Husband Wasn’t Enough for Stella Nickell; to Make Her Point, She Poisoned a Stranger – People
O.C. Woman Gets Big Reward in Mom’s Conviction – Los Angeles Times