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The Case of Larry DeLisle
📻 Episode #575
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 May 28, 2026
About This Episode
After a hot summer day - August 3rd, 1989, the DeLisle’s took their 4 children for ice cream along the Detroit River. A mechanical defect in their car caused the night to take a deadly turn that sent Larry DeLisle to prison for what should have been seen as a tragic accident.
The Case
After a hot summer day - August 3rd, 1989, the DeLisle’s took their 4 children for ice cream along the Detroit River. A mechanical defect in their car caused the night to take a deadly turn that sent Larry DeLisle to prison for what should have been seen as a tragic accident.
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00:04:57“Speaker 2: the police chief went on TV and said Larry Delile Speaker 2: had confessed, effectively poisoning the entire jury pool. Larry was Speaker 2: convicted of four counts of murder and one count of Speaker 2: attempted murder, despite Sue Delile's unwavering account of his actual innocence. Speaker 2: This tragic accident stole their four children, and the state”
00:18:12“Speaker 3: by a family member, and I don't even remember the interview. Speaker 3: All I remember was an airplane going over the top. Speaker 3: So if I didn't show emotion for people, it just Speaker 3: makes me angry that they're going to point to the Speaker 3: fact that I'm not classical as far as how I”
00:30:14“Speaker 3: it was not the pickup truck recalled, he wouldn't allow Speaker 3: him to enter in evidence until the trial was over with, Speaker 3: so the jury never got to hear it. Speaker 2: So you've been in prison of for thirty years. I Speaker 2: know you recently survived COVID on top of everything else,”
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