The Price of Her Pain
90s Crime Time

The Price of Her Pain

May 12, 2025
34:29
E13
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In an upper-middle-class suburb of Chicago, a mom of three small children was going through a divorce while also battling crippling depression. Despite pressing on through divorce and parenting pretty smoothly... when she learned her spouse was moving on while still legally married... she made them pay the price in her own way... in the worst possible way. Follow 90s Crime Time on Social Media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/90scrimetime/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/90scrimetime/ medium.com- https://medium.com/me/stories/public Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/2001/11/11/18422484/one-mom-3-dead-kids-and-a-terrible-question-why-did-marilyn-lemak-do-it Daily Herald - https://www.newspapers.com/image/13872847/?terms=marilyn%20lemak https://www.newspapers.com/image/10382897/?terms=marilyn%20lemak https://www.newspapers.com/image/25734940/?match=1&terms=Marilyn%20Lemak https://www.newspapers.com/image/13872915/?match=1&terms=Marilyn%20Lemak https://www.newspapers.com/image/13895764/?terms=Marilyn%20Lemak Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-12-13-0112130296-story.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/169414302/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/168861312/?terms=marilyn%20lemak https://www.newspapers.com/image/169954387/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/169528769/?terms=Marilyn%20Lemak https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/12/17/transcript-of-marilyn-lemaks-911-call/?clearUserState=true https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/10/08/lemak-divorce-granted-7-months-after-killings/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/03/25/marilyn-lemak-i-did-a-terrible-tragic-thing/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/03/02/20-years-ago-marilyn-lemak-killed-her-3-children-in-their-naperville-home-the-case-still-haunts-law-enforcement/ The New York Times- https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/19/us/verdict-near-on-mother-of-dead-children.html UPI- https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/12/18/Arguments-against-mom-who-killed-kids/1701008651600/ Tallahassee Democrat - https://www.newspapers.com/image/247712883/?terms=marilyn%20lemak&match=1 The Ledger- https://www.theledger.com/story/news/1999/03/07/mother-charged-with-murder/26528481007/ South Bend Tribune - https://www.newspapers.com/image/521565377/?terms=marilyn%20lemak&match=1 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/90s-crime-time--6849554/support . Follow 90s Crime Time on Social Media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/90scrimetime/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/90scrimetime/ medium.com- https://medium.com/me/stories/public Show your support! Buy Me a Coffee- buymeacoffee.com/90scrimetime

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Author
Simone Taylor
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