Beth Karras

She's a housewife.

Exactly how she came to be at the crime scene is a matter of some debate.

But here she is giving one version of events to a journalist some years later.

People get fixated with true crime stories and sometimes citizen sleuths will jump in and try to solve or help the police.

But they're doing it from afar.

Susan lived in the same town where Jessica Curran was murdered.

And Susan didn't know Jessica personally.

In fact, she had no connection to her at all.

And yet she felt so compelled as to physically step into the crime scene.

Her name is there in black and white on the official police log.

Susan's motivations will be a matter of debate for years.

No one could know how this case would come to haunt Mayfield for the next two decades, making Susan Galbraith a hero to some and a villain to others.

What were Susan's real motives for trying to solve the Jessica Curran murder?

She wasn't in it to help them find the killer that killed their daughter.

How did the authorities come to trust this middle-aged housewife and her evidence?

Is that normal for citizens to be walking around with case files, motions of discovery?

It's a question that has left many perturbed, including her son.

Did Susan ultimately do more harm than good?

And perhaps the biggest question of all, did she help convict an innocent man?

From Sony Music Entertainment and Message Heard, you're listening to My Mother's Lies.