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What led to the arrest of a mother-son duo in a wealthy widow's case?
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I just see Sante Kimes as the ultimate femme fatale, seducing lovers, lawyers, husbands, her son.
A whole new twist in a case chock full of them.
This is someone who gets what she wants. this story about a mother and son grifter team. This was a diabolical duo.
They seemed, what, like, open and friendly and interesting.
Yeah. I didn't think they were killers. We have a woman. A socialite goes missing.
There were several people. who disappeared. She had put a hit out on me. She wanted me killed.
Why did she keep getting away with it?
She just had that power over me. I was mom's first protege. I was supposed to be her co-art in crime. Your mother instructed you to kill people.
I only saw one road forward.
They were called Mommy and Clyde, charming, cunning, ice-cold criminals. Now, a new chapter in the story.
They left a trail of bodies. I knew I was my dad.
I'm Lester Holt, and this is Dateline.
Here's Keith Morrison with The Devil Wore White. It was evening when they found her, found her prone in her cell at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York. A guard raised the alarm, and they rushed her to a nearby hospital. But it was too late. Her enlarged heart was so badly damaged it could not go on beating. She was 79 when she died. Sixteen years past the outrages, the mayhem, the murders... And the fabulous, fierce, frightening madness that was the woman named Sante Kimes. Are you more comfortable now? Yes, because she's dead. And that was the deciding factor? She had to be dead? She had to be dead. There are many kinds of villains. This is the story of a mother and two sons in all kinds of troubles.
Is it fair for me to say that though you knew your mother was a terrible person, you loved her as intensely as a son can love a mother? There's probably not another son on this planet who loved his mother as much as I loved mine. But, as we say, this is about a mother and two sons. The other now speaking out. His first recorded interview in decades. When your mother died, was that very difficult for you?
It hurt like hell. There's just nothing I can do about it but pray.
So much history, darkly comic to just plain dark. But we can begin, because why not begin here, in a celebration.
How did Sante Kimes manipulate those around her?
July 4th, 1998. Millions gathered in New York City to watch the nation's biggest fireworks spectacular. At just off Manhattan's Millionaire's Row, a smaller crowd gathered for a different kind of spectacular, a dinner party at a mansion on East 65th Street. The hostess was an 82-year-old widow named Irene Silverman. She's vivacious. She's a lot of fun. Fashion designer Zhang Toy was a close friend and frequent party guest. She know how to throw a great party during her heyday, and she had the heart of gold. Friend Janice Herbert also loved Irene's company.
She's delightful. She's funny. I adored her. Someone described her as an Auntie Mame, and that's exactly what she was.
She was absolutely fabulous.
Irene Silverman had quite literally danced her way from poverty to a dream job as a ballet dancer at Radio City Music Hall.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What led to the arrest of a mother-son duo in a wealthy widow's case?
0:00–4:23
2
How did Sante Kimes manipulate those around her?
4:23–7:25
3
What details emerged about Irene Silverman's disappearance?
7:25–13:11
4
What was the significance of the Lincoln Town Car in the investigation?
13:11–20:05
5
How did the police connect the Kimes to multiple murder cases?
20:05–26:42
6
What evidence was found that linked Sante and Kenny Kimes to the crimes?
26:42–33:04
7
What was the outcome of the trial for Sante and Kenny Kimes?
33:04–40:50
8
How did the Kimes family's history influence their criminal behavior?
40:50–1:26:07
Speakers
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