Episode 207: The Suicide Pact - Bizarre Suicide Or Perfectly Staged Murders?
They were meeting up again. They knew they should stop, it wasn’t doing any good for them, but how could they? They were the only ones that really understood each other. So the two of them would leave their spouses, their children, all at home to go be with one another.
And I know what you’re thinking. Cheaters.
Well, don’t judge a book by its cover.
These two were not cheating on their spouses. In fact, they had been cheated on. His wife was sleeping with her husband. They were meeting up to try and heal from their shared trauma.
4 people’s lives were shattered by the affair and when 2 of them ended up dead in a car in the most bizarre “suicide.” You have to wonder… was it a suicide pact? Or a perfectly staged murder?
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Book: “Let This Be Our Secret” - by Deric Henderson
(Really amazing deep dive on this case. The author poured their heart and soul into this and you can tell. It’s well-researched, and painfully emotional. Please give it a read.)
https://www.goodto.com/where-colin-howell-hazel-stewart-now-the-secret
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https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/howell-colin.htm
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https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/killer-dentist-colin-howell-got-payout-of-400000-after-death-of-wife-28589652.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/howell-conned-out-of-life-savings-28574522.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12606874
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-16038375
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12756395
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12733348
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https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/killer-dentist-colin-howell-failed-hunt-for-japans-war-gold-triggered-my-confession-28590107.html
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/killer-dentist-colin-howells-587k-11249818
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dentist-colin-howell-pleads-guilty-to-indecent-assaults-1.574319
https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/revealed-how-evil-dentist-colin-howell-killed-his-wife-and-husband-of-former-lover-2810988
https://www.irishmirror.ie/tv/secret-colin-howell-hazel-stewart-27420573
https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/double-killer-hazel-stewart-claims-she-was-raped-by-howell-as-she-launches-latest-bid-for-freedom/40625274.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9736585/Murdering-dentist-Colin-Howell-power-says-accomplice-Hazel-Stewart.html
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