Talk:Susan Smith

message: :indicating that Smith could not have put the car into the lake from the top of the boat ramp by releasing the Mazda's hand brake as alleged by the state because of a pre-existing mechanical flaw in the car's braking system
This isn't just "alledged by the state," it's in her own confession.Thanos6 12:59, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of "alleged" 

message: I am bothered by the fact that about half the space in the entry is devoted to what seems to be a fringe theory that she didn't do it. It seems totally disproportionate. Uucp 20:10, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. In a close-knit community, which I presume is the case here, that may not be all that unusual. But let's face it, she did confess...and I personally have heard no conspiracy theories or anything to indicate otherwise. Engr105th (talk) 22:56, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fringe theory of innocence 

message: Smith's father-in-law's civic associations are notable because those organizations are outspoken in their defense of the "moral values" which Russell admittedly violated.--Son of Somebody 03:17, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Beverly Russell

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 04:43, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Come again? 68.219.72.84 03:04, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: Although I only dimly recall it, didn't the Sheriff have the lake searched (with divers, or maybe dragged) a week or several days before Susan's confession, and announce that they had found nothing? And didn't he receive some acolades for his handling of the case, afterwards? From what I recall (again, only my memory) the upshot was that without a confession, the authorities knew they could not disprove the nondescript-Black-hijacker story that Smith told. But to their credit they didn't haul in black males when there was motivation by Smith (her relationship with a wealthy lover) to commit the crime. Instead they played along til her emotions broke...
In a lot of crimes, sharp cops already have a good idea of what happened before they go public with info or forward with interrogations of suspects. If thats the case here, anybody know any sources?? Thanks....Engr105th (talk) 23:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confession circumstances ? 

message: This page needs some information on this quote from Newt Gingrich:
"I think the mother killing her two children in South Carolina vividly reminds every American how sick society is getting and how much we have to have change[...]I think people want to change, and the only way you can get change is to vote Republican."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E0D91339F930A15752C1A963958260  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.216.217 (talk) 21:01, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Newt Gingrich

message: The problem with her workout video is that its main exercise is pushing cars into lakes. →Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:27, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Workout video? 

message: I find these contiguous sentences:
>At the intersection where she claimed to have been carjacked, no other cars appeared. The biggest breakthrough of the case was her description of the carjacking location. She claimed that lights at the intersection where she stopped only turn red when a car approaches on the intersecting road. However, since she also claimed that no other cars were on the road at the time, she would have had no reason to stop at the intersection.
Regarding the 1st sentence I quoted, did SHE claim that no other cars appeared at the intersection in question? (There'd have been no witnesses to that except for the 2 since-drowned little boys.)  It does say later she claimed no other cars were there.  So could someone (who knows the case a little better than I) shorten these redundant remarks?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 21:35, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please shorten. 

message: I find this:
>On the second day of the investigation, the police suspected that she knew her children's location and hoped that they were still alive.
Presumably it's the police who hoped the children were still alive, since it'll turn out Susan Smith knew about letting the car roll into the lake with them in it.  I will change the sentence to:
>On the second day of the investigation, the police, suspecting that she knew her children's location, hoped that they were still alive.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 21:39, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  sentence being reworded 

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message: 15. http://www.writeaprisoner.com/Template.aspx?i=z-221487
There is no cache for this, either.  AGF, this probably occurred, but it is not cited.
The article states that in 2003 she posted an "ad" that was later retracted.  Is there some other reliable source?  104.169.28.113 (talk) 07:46, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: what about these? 1) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/site-asks-kid-killer-to-remove-ad/  2) http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/crime/article16688147.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.169.28.113 (talk) 07:54, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
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message: There is a 2 hour program, broken in 2 parts, about the Susan Smith case.  Elsewhere, it's noted that she became U.S.'s most notorious murdering mother until that was lost in 2001 (when Andrea Yates drowned 5 children in Texas). Carlm0404 (talk) 04:16, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  HLN cable network program 

message: The whole South Park episode “Butters Very Own Episode” is pretty much a spoof of this lady murdering her kids. Butters moms lets the car roll into a lake and she lies to the media about her kid being kidnapped by “Some Puerto Rican guy”. I’m not good with writing articles or editing so maybe someone who’s familiar with the episode can add that to the Media References. 216.147.123.122 (talk) 05:56, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Media Reference 

message: The story of the murders, told from the perspective of Smith, is the subject of a song, “Paper Gown,” by Caroline Herring on her 2008 album Lantana. Eighthnotesandamillionfacts (talk) 13:17, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Media reference