Small Town Big Crime
A beloved couple brutally murdered in their home. Their daughter's boyfriend, Jens Soering, confessed to the crime and was sentenced to life in prison. But decades later, DNA evidence tells a different story. So who really killed Derek and Nancy Haysom and why?
Small Town Big Crime
The Love Story
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Rachel Ryan, Jaclyn Piermarini, Courteney Stuart
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Season 1
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Episode 12
Jens Soering and Elizabeth Haysom exchanged flowery love letters in the early months of their relationship but their writings also contained dark and violent fantasies that hinted at murder. Three decades later we re-examine those letters and compare their words then with what they are saying now. As Jens and Elizabeth begin new lives decades later and an ocean apart, they can't escape the crime that changed the course of both of their lives.
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Writing and reporting by Rachel Ryan and Courteney Stuart
Hosting and sound editing by Jaclyn Piermarini
Sound effects editing by Taylor Thomas