An anonymous friend of Susan's - a rival of Steve's for Susan's affections - talks about the events leading up to Susan's death. This longer interview takes us into his position and how quickly it all happened.

March of 1981. The story of Susan Soutee's death is told, and new details are presented as Dale Wiley continues to investigate the story of Soutee.

A short introduction to the new podcast Ozarks Mysteries. It features Stevie Newman from the Domino Kings and Cecelia Havens along with me, and it is going to be a hoot. Subscribe and let us know your stories of what is so unique and vital about the Ozarks!

After years of living the highest of highs, Steve Soutee spent much of the 1990s trying to stay out of prison. When he wasn't able to come up with the agreed upon funds to keep him out of prison after just 120 days, Steve was forced to plead his case in front of the judge, and hope that a smaller amount of money with the promise of paying back more would keep him out of harm's way. Episode contains the real transcripts from the January 8, 1998 hearing.

This is the transcript I transcribed from the Lawrence County Courthouse, provided via open records request. It is a little unusual because I had to synch up the recording to play at the correct speed. It is not complete, but it was what I had to work with, and certainly gives the best opportunity to hear Steve talk and hear him plead his own case.

Steve Soutee faces his darkest day, the 8th of January, 1998. All the years of high living catch up to Soutee, and he winds up having a judge with a difficult decision: Pay back the victims or send Soutee to prison.Find more information at www.soutee.net or dalewiley.com

The interesting tale of Soutee's chauffeur tells us about Soutee, and carious friends tell the stories of Soutee and money. Finally, the bridges he burned leave him with nowhere to turn.

Before we start to descend into the "bad" moments Soutee experienced, I wanted to give everyone a better understanding of the wild and interesting world of Steve Soutee. His friends and girlfriends talk about the best moments of Steve Soutee.

This episode is my unedited interview with Red Stephens. He was a very nice man, and I was struck just by how completely his life was taken on the same night as Officer Mallot. It is clear to me that Red Stephens would be a totally normal and law-abiding citizen if he were allowed to go free, but he sits with more than a decade to go on his sentence.

Updates on the show itself and quotes about Soutee's career at the horse races. Note: This episode is short because of technical issues. We will be uploading additional information this week.

We learn more from Bill McCullah about the Red Stephens murder trial, including the result. Bill tells more about Soutee's affect on a jury and interesting talkes about his impeccable grooming routine and about the jealous reactions he could elicit from the ladies, sometimes with disastrous results.        

We get our first letter from a listener, recounting her stories about a different side of Soutee, and lawyers give their personal recollections of Soutee in the courtroom. We start telling the story of a murder of a police man, defended by Soutee against a younger lawyer.

Steve Soutee in his life and his mannerisms blurred the lines between fact and fiction. When Dale Wiley started thinking of Soutee in terms of fiction and the confounding realities of his actual life, he discovers how difficult it is to pull legend and lore from reality. 

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