Lyda Southard
4
MENTIONS
3
EPISODES
3
PODCASTS
Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Lyda Southard".
Oct 28, 2026
Morgan OlsenGUEST
I think, I think with her, she, maybe that first one wasn't as intentional, but she figured out a pattern that worked.
Morgan OlsenGUEST
She, we're talking about light of true blood and she, In her first marriage, her brother-in-law just got on her nerves, and she found a way to get rid of
speaker_6ADVERTISER
him.
speaker_6ADVERTISER
Well,
7 MINS LATER
Lisa WexlerHOST
OK.
Lisa WexlerHOST
And Greg Olson and Morgan Olsen, father, daughter, have published this book called Ordinary Wife.
Lisa WexlerHOST
which is the story of someone who wasn't ordinary at all, lied to True Blood.
Lisa WexlerHOST
Does the jury convict her? Like, what happens there?
Al WarrenHOST
Now, you've written a lot of extraordinary crime, criminal cases here, like about some of them.
Al WarrenHOST
What drew you to this, this particular case, the True Blood case?
Gregg OlsenGUEST
I mean, I have been in this crime business, you know, for 35 years, maybe, maybe longer.
Gregg OlsenGUEST
I don't even know.
MissyHOST
So they need a separate woman's ward after a while.
MissyHOST
One of the most famous people that came from the woman's ward is a woman named Lyda Southard.
MissyHOST
And she is one of the best known prisoners who was housed there.
MissyHOST
And I will get into her.