S18 Ep37: Death By Talons w/ Tiddy Smith

True Crime Tuesday presents Death By Talons with Author Tiddy Smith!On December 9, 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her Durham, NC home. Kathleen’s scalp was laced with deep incisions and her blood strewn from outside to inside the house. The sinister truth of that night turned her murder into North Carolina's most enigmatic criminal case, capturing media attention across the globe.While police zeroed in on Michael Peterson, the husband, and charged him with murder, a neighbor, Larry Pollard, claimed an owl had attacked Kathleen outside her house. He said it sliced her scalp with its fierce talons and caused her to run inside, collapsing at the stairwell, bleeding to death.It was an outrageous theory.Author Tiddy Smith joins TCT to talk about the case, and why the classic formula of solving a murder doesn't fit here, and how potential corruption ran rampant throughout the justice system in this case!Get your copy of "Death By Talons..." here:  https://bit.ly/3lKhDrw#crime #truecrime #truecrimepodcasts #truecrimetuesday #tiddysmith #deathbytalons #didanowlmurderkathleenpeterson #kathleenpeterson #michaelpeterson #larrypollard #durhampolice #northcrolina #murder #bloodspatter #owltheory #staircase #forensics #feathers #conspiracy  #dumbcrimesstupidcriminals #TimDennis #beercitybruiser #ringofhonorwrestling #floridaman #drugcrimes #foodcrimes #stupidcrimes #funnycrimes #stripclub #sexcrimes #dumbcrimes