In this episode, we discuss the horrifying story of Theresa Jimmie Francine Knorr, a Sacramento mother whose name became synonymous with one of the most disturbing cases of maternal abuse and murder in American history. Theresa Knorr, a woman with a volatile temper and a deeply abusive streak, terrorized her six children throughout their lives. She subjected them to years of brutal physical and psychological abuse, isolating them from the outside world and instilling fear that kept them silent.  Her cruelty reached its darkest point in the 1980s, when two of her daughters—Suesan and Sheila—became victims of Theresa’s violent paranoia.

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