Most Wanted: Marie Dean Arrington

Marie Dean Arrington looked out her window, saw a car parked outside, and knew it was the FBI. She’d been running from the law her entire life. And for this last crime—a vanished woman, a ransom note, blood in the trunk of a car—she knew she was going to have to pay.  *** SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Become a Patron.*** Sources: “Mean Marie” by Gary Corsair, Lake & Sumter Style, 1 July 2014“30 Days of Mean Marie,” supplement to the above article, Lake & Sumter Style“Lake Lawyer Bob Pierce Dies at 74,” The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb 1990“Mother of Accused Woman Takes Witness Stand in Murder Trial,” The Tampa Tribune, 5 Dec 1968“National Search Started For Lowell Prison Escapee,” The Tampa Tribune, 5 March 1969“Mrs. Arrington Gone, Not Forgotten,” The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar 1971“Killer Loose,” Spokane Chronicle, 1 Mar 1969“Mrs. Arrington On FBI’s 10 List,” The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 1969“2 Years Later, a Murderess Still at Large,” The Miami Herald, 31 May 1971“Killer Escapes at Ocala,” Pensacola News Journal, 2 Mar 1969“Marie Dean Arrington’s Daughter Granted Parole,” The Orlando Sentinel, 4 April 1971“Arrington Judge Gets Voodoo Doll,” Orlando Evening Star, 16 Oct 1971“Woman Murderer Transferred,” Tampa Bay Times, 4 July 1981“Notorious Leesburg murderess Marie Arrington dead at 80,” The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar 2014“Is This The Place They Call Hell?” The Palm Beach Post, 18 Mar 1973“Segregation Has a Home in Her Stories,” The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb 2003“Judge Names Lake Attorney To Defend Mrs. Arrington,” The Tampa Tribune, 2 May 1968 Team: Jillian Collins, research assistantJennifer Longworth of Bourbon Barrel Podcasting, editorMusic: Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson & Peter Manheim). Intro and conclusion: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.