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EPISODE · Sep 11, 2026 · 1H 21M

The Adelson Family Murder: Every Payment, Every Lie, Every Verdict

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Donna Adelson allegedly offered Dan Markel a million dollars to let her daughter relocate with his children. When he refused, prosecutors say she helped arrange his murder — paid through the family dental office, 44 checks she signed to a woman who never worked there, $138,000 in documented payments, cash she allegedly washed before handing it off. The killers drove from Miami in a rental car that left a toll transponder receipt on every mile.Five people are serving time for the FSU law professor's murder. Charlie Adelson took the stand and told a jury he was being extorted by the hitmen — a $3,000 monthly layaway plan through the dental practice. The jury took three hours. Donna tried to board a one-way flight to Vietnam a week after Charlie's conviction, confessed to a jailhouse informant, wrote a handwritten script to buy false testimony, and told the sentencing judge she'd never had a parking ticket.This is the full Adelson conspiracy told start to finish — from the custody ruling the family couldn't accept, to the Dolce Vita tape, to what Wendi Adelson's ex-boyfriend says she told him five days before Dan was shot. Five convicted. Two still uncharged. The investigation is technically open. The children live in South Florida. Their last name is Adelson.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#DanMarkel #AdelsonFamily #HiddenKillers #MurderForHire #DonnaAdelson #CharlieAdelson #WendiAdelson #TrueCrime #Tallahassee #FSU

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