Co-Dependency, Dangerous Delusions and Bad Therapy: Dr. Felix and Susan Polk

A couple meets decidedly uncute when the man is the teenage girl's therapist. Decades later, the professional couple seem to have everything going for them - marriage, kids and a beautiful home. But behind closed doors, decades of co-dependency, dangerous delusions and abuse of power leads to a devastating murder. Sources: 1. Final Analysis: https://www.amazon.com/Final-Analysis-Untold-Story-Murder/dp/006113452X 2. Seduced by Madness: https://www.amazon.com/Seduced-Madness-Carol-Pogash/dp/0061535672 3. The Times: https://www.newspapers.com/image/220397939/?match=1&terms=felix%20polk 4. The Signal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/334791202/?match=1&terms=felix%20polk 5. Sun-Tattler: https://www.newspapers.com/image/724906648/?match=1&terms=%22felix%20polk%22%20%22sharon%20mann%22 6. Snapped: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29609811/ 7. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9698604 8. SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/POLK-Dr-F-Felix-2757443.php 9. Oakland Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/875450911/?match=1&terms=%22susan%20polk%22%20 10. SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/polk-son-s-foster-mother-square-off-murder-2535735.php 11. Oro Law Firm: https://www.orolawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Rage-and-control-at-heart-of-Polk-trial-Oakland-Tribune.pdf 12. SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/review-madness-murder-vivid-in-account-of-2583804.php 13. Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/17/convicted-orinda-killer-susan-polk-denied-parole-kicked-out-of-hearing-midway-through/ This Week's Episode Brought to You By: Shopify - The Platform Commerce is Built On - $1 per month trial https://shopify.com/lovemurder Hiya Health - Essential Super Nutrients for Kids - https://hiyahealth.com/LOVEMURDER for 50% off your first order Puori - Pure, natural and superior food supplements - 20% off with code lovemurder - https://puori.com/ Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched by Sarah Lynn Robinson, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette team up each week to tell stories of love and relationships gone fatally wrong. This show is all about seemingly normal people driven to terrible madness by passion and rage. Hang out with your new best friends each week to discover how someone can go from sweet to murderous in the blink of an eye, and to hear all the ways murder can give love a real bad name.