Marie Dean Arrington looked out her window, saw a car parked outside, and knew it was the FBI. She’d been running from the law her entire life. And for this last crime—a vanished woman, a ransom note, blood in the trunk of a car—she knew she was going to have to pay.

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Sources:

“Mean Marie” by Gary Corsair, Lake & Sumter Style, 1 July 2014

“30 Days of Mean Marie,” supplement to the above article, Lake & Sumter Style

“Lake Lawyer Bob Pierce Dies at 74,” The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb 1990

“Mother of Accused Woman Takes Witness Stand in Murder Trial,” The Tampa Tribune, 5 Dec 1968

“National Search Started For Lowell Prison Escapee,” The Tampa Tribune, 5 March 1969

“Mrs. Arrington Gone, Not Forgotten,” The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar 1971

“Killer Loose,” Spokane Chronicle, 1 Mar 1969

“Mrs. Arrington On FBI’s 10 List,” The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 1969

“2 Years Later, a Murderess Still at Large,” The Miami Herald, 31 May 1971

“Killer Escapes at Ocala,” Pensacola News Journal, 2 Mar 1969

“Marie Dean Arrington’s Daughter Granted Parole,” The Orlando Sentinel, 4 April 1971

“Arrington Judge Gets Voodoo Doll,” Orlando Evening Star, 16 Oct 1971

“Woman Murderer Transferred,” Tampa Bay Times, 4 July 1981

“Notorious Leesburg murderess Marie Arrington dead at 80,” The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar 2014

“Is This The Place They Call Hell?” The Palm Beach Post, 18 Mar 1973

“Segregation Has a Home in Her Stories,” The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb 2003

“Judge Names Lake Attorney To Defend Mrs. Arrington,” The Tampa Tribune, 2 May 1968

Team:

Jillian Collins, research assistant

Jennifer Longworth of Bourbon Barrel Podcasting, editor

Music: Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson & Peter Manheim). Intro and conclusion: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer.

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