Susie Newsom Lynch was a gorgeous and intelligent young woman born into one of the most respected families in North Carolina, the Sharp family. Her aunt, Judge Susan M. Sharp, was one of the most respected women in America at the time holding the seat of Head of the State Supreme Court, and partially due to her aunt’s status, Susie felt like she was a princess and should be treated like royalty.
She would meet her prince charming while she was in college, Tom Lynch, and they would soon marry and have two sons together, John and Jim. The family would move to Albuquerque, New Mexico and Susie quickly decided that it was not where she wanted to stay and raise her family. She felt like the town they were living in was culture-less and the locals refused to feed into her princess mentality, so Susie knew she had to get out.
She whisked her children away back to North Carolina and decided a quick phone call to Tom to let him know that she would not be coming back, and neither would the boys. Then ensued a nasty custody battle that would end in bloodshed from both sides of the family.
Susie would reconnect with her first-cousin, Fritz Klenner Jr, and they would become lovers with a vendetta to keep their families out of their personal lives.
Tensions would rise, and result in a gruesome finale that no one was expecting, including Susie herself. More than 30 years later, residents and Tom Lynch, Susie’s ex-husband, still wonder why everything had to end in a fiery blaze like it did, and their heart still aches for those that had to suffer with their lives.
Listen to Tiffany and Sam discuss the twisted tale of a mother who made decisions that seemed to have benefit only herself, and not the children she birthed, and you decide: Were Fritz and Susie living in a fantasy world, or were they another Bonnie and Clyde?

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