Diane Downs
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Search complete. 124 mentions across 8 episodes found for "Diane Downs".
Oct 5, 2026
Murder is Murder. Murder is Sin.
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44:03JoyHOST
It doesn't matter at this point, like obviously in terms of sentencing and stuff, it matters why it matters what went into it and matters how it matters.
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44:14JoyHOST
If like, there's a difference, there's a reason why we look, we're looking at Lindsay Clancy differently than Diane Downs.
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44:21JoyHOST
Diane Downs lied.
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44:23JoyHOST
She covered it up.
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44:25JoyHOST
She killed her children so that, so that she couldn't be found out the only reason she well other than the fact that i really truly think she would have been found out she's a horrible liar self-absorbed i mean really you want to go talk about last week's episode um diane downs wow um And she failed to kill one of her victims, and that's why she was not, I mean, that was the definitive proof.
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44:54JoyHOST
But she's not sorry.
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44:55JoyHOST
She was never sorry, but her victims were able to receive justice.
Serial Killer Documentary - Diane Downs
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0:12Joshua MilesHOST
A U.S. mail carrier and a mother of three stood accused of the murder of her daughter, 7-year-old Cheryl, and the attempted murder of her two other children, 8-year-old Christy and 3-year-old Danny.
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0:26Joshua MilesHOST
Her name, Diane Downs.
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0:30Lars LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Diane Downs was pure evil, wrapped up in someone who had a smile.
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0:36Lars LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
To this day, she has never admitted that she did the deed.
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0:41Joshua MilesHOST
But when her daughter Christy testified, the terrible truth was all too clear.
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0:53Joshua MilesHOST
It was a court case that shook America, and all the while Downs insisted she'd never harmed her family.
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1:02speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
She violated that sacred duty and attempted in cold blood to kill all three of her children.
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1:08Joshua MilesHOST
The callous murder of her daughter and attempted murder of her two other children makes Diane Downs one of the world's most evil killers.
Inside the Lindsay Clancy Hung Jury
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16:42Gavin TigheHOST
In all of these cases in the U.S., it is all or nothing.
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16:46Gavin TigheHOST
So then there was the Diane Downs case.
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16:47Gavin TigheHOST
She was also convicted.
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16:49Gavin TigheHOST
She was sentenced to life plus 50 years, parole denied.
An Evil Witch of a Woman : The Diane Downs Case
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1:43BrittanyHOST
And today we're going to be discussing a...
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1:46BrittanyHOST
Truly evil woman named Diane Downs.
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1:49BrittanyHOST
So today I'm going to tell you the story of Diane Downs.
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1:51BrittanyHOST
She's an evil woman who tried to kill all of her children and succeeded in killing one of her daughters.
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1:57BrittanyHOST
It's really, really horrible.
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2:04BrittanyHOST
And that is this.
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2:05BrittanyHOST
What do you believe was Diane's motive for trying to kill all of her children? Let me know all your thoughts in the comments below at the end of this video.
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2:12BrittanyHOST
Now, with all of that said, come gather around and let me tell you the story of a truly evil woman named Diane Downs.
Diane Downs: The Mother Who Shot Her Children | True Crime Documentary
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0:48Joshua MilesHOST
[dramatic music] Lane County Courthouse, Eugene, Oregon, May 8th, 1984, a US mail carrier and a mother of three stood accused of the murder of her daughter, seven-year-old Cheryl, and the attempted murder of her two other children, eight-year-old Christie and three-year-old Danny.
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1:18Joshua MilesHOST
Her name, Diane Downs.
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1:22Lars LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Diane Downs was pure evil wrapped up in someone who had a smile.
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1:27Lars LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, to this day she has never admitted that she did the deed.
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1:33Joshua MilesHOST
But when her daughter, Christie, testified, the terrible truth was all too clear.
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1:45Joshua MilesHOST
It was a court case that shook America, and all the while Downs insisted she'd never harmed her family.
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1:53speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
She violated that sacred duty and attempted in cold blood to kill all three of her children.
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2:00Joshua MilesHOST
The callous murder of her daughter and attempted murder of her two other children makes Diane Downs one of the world's most evil killers.
Part 2–Inside Filicide and the Clancy Trial
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11:22LaurieHOST
I think it's kinda the same thing.
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11:23LaurieHOST
Oh, Diane Downs.
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11:24LaurieHOST
She drove...
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11:25LaurieHOST
Yeah.
Serial Killer Documentary - Diane Downs
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2:49Joshua MilesHOST
A U.S. mail carrier and a mother of three stood accused of the murder of her daughter, 7-year-old Cheryl, and the attempted murder of her two other children, 8-year-old Christy and 3-year-old Danny.
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3:03Joshua MilesHOST
Her name, Diane Downs.
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3:07Lars LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Diane Downs was pure evil, wrapped up in someone who had a smile.
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3:13Lars LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
To this day, she has never admitted that she did the deed.
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3:18Joshua MilesHOST
But when her daughter Christy testified, the terrible truth was all too clear.
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3:33Joshua MilesHOST
And all the while, Downs insisted she'd never harmed her family.
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3:39speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
She violated that sacred duty and attempted in cold blood to kill all three of her children.
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3:45Joshua MilesHOST
The callous murder of her daughter and attempted murder of her two other children makes Diane Downs one of the world's most evil killers.
Lindsay Clancy
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32:51Candice DeLongHOST
But evil had nothing to do with Lindsay's actions, nothing at all.
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32:57Candice DeLongHOST
Now, if we were talking about Diane Downs or Susan Smith, that's a totally different situation.
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33:04Candice DeLongHOST
Diane's children were a burden to her, and a man she was interested in had told her he did not want any children.
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33:11Candice DeLongHOST
Rather than find another man, she chose to kill her children so the guy would find her more appealing.