Episode 3: Misty Witherspoon and Zitkala-Sa

First, Lynn tells us about Misty Witherspoon, a woman who's spending problems got so bad that she took drastic measures for a little life insurance.

Rose tells us about Zitkala-Sa, an amazing indigenous woman who overcame the trauma she endured at a Native boarding school and became an advocate for Native American rights.

Thank you to all of our sources!

Lynn got her information about Misty Witherspoon from the following sources:

Murderpedia: Misty Keller Witherspoon

https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/witherspoon-misty.htm

Caselaw: State v. Witherspoon

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/nc-court-of-appeals/1192751.html

Anita Durairaj: The police officer who was murdered by his own wife

https://anitadurairaj.medium.com/the-police-officer-who-was-murdered-by-his-own-wife-5f614b34715

True Crime Quora: Misty Witherspoon shot her husband in the head rather than tell him she bankrupted the family

https://true-crime.quora.com/Misty-Witherspoon-Shot-Her-Husband-In-The-Head-Rather-Than-Tell-Him-She-Bankrupted-The-Family

Goodreads: Wife, Mother & Killer: The true story of Misty Witherspoon

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/35133174-wife-mother-killer

Rose got her information from the following sources:

Podcast: Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo

Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo on Apple Podcasts

Podcast: Kuper Island

Kuper Island on Apple Podcasts

Native News Online: Indiana seeks records for boarding school deaths, doesn’t tell tribes

Indiana Seeks Records for Boarding School Deaths, Doesn’t Tell Tribes | Sovereignty (nativenewsonline.net)

Women and the America Story: Life Story: Zitkala-Sa, aka Gerturde Simmons Bonnin (1876-1938)

Life Story: Zitkala-Sa - Women & the American Story (nyhistory.org)

Native American Writers: Zitkala-Sa

Zitkala-sa Native American Writer (nativeamericanwriters.com)