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A Killer Defense

April 8, 2026·45 min·4 clips
Kirk Turner admits killing his wife but claims she attacked him first with a seven-foot spear.
A daughter still reaches for the habit of calling her mother on the way to a barn.

As heard by us

A domestic killing case told through evidence, testimony, and a hard self-defense dispute.

The episode tracks a marriage that ends in violence and then in a courtroom fight over who struck first and what the knife was meant to do. The strongest parts are the plain, specific details: the spear, the pocket knife, the emergency call, and the family testimony that keeps…

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Why you'd press play

If you want a true-crime case built around a self-defense claim and a not-guilty verdict.

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