The Binge Cases: Scary Terri - Introducing . . . My Mother's Lies!

Episode Date: March 25, 2026

Coming soon to the Binge is My Mother's Lies. In the summer of 2000, Jessica Currin was found murdered in a small Kentucky town. Ray McCord’s mom Susan Galbreath had been integral in solving the crime, and even helped law enforcement put a man, Quincy Cross, in prison for life.  After Ray inherited a box of files from his mom, his world is turned upside down. Among the hand-written notes, letters and photos, he finds what he believes is a sinister lie…  As he sifted through his mother’s investigation, he realized things just weren’t adding up.  Binge all episodes of My Mother's Lies ad-free April 1st by subscribing to The Binge. Visit The Binge Crimes on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘subscribe’ or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Susan Gabbreth wasn't a journalist or a cop. She was a housewife in Mayfield, Kentucky. But after a black teenager named Jessica Currant is murdered in town, Susan takes it upon herself to find witnesses who can point to a killer. She was just wasting away until she jumped onto this, and she thought this was going to be her magic star, and she was going to be a hero. But that's not what happened. I was learning in real time the lies.

There was a lot of lies. What were Susan's real motives for trying to solve this murder? She wasn't any to help them find the killer that killed their daughter. Why then did local cops and the Kentucky State Police take her seriously? That was known that she was getting funds from them. Susan's son is wrestling with his mother's legacy to this day. I mean, my mom was, I used the word diabolical. To know that she possibly covered.

covered up a murder for somebody. And perhaps the biggest question of all, did she help convict an innocent man? I do feel like that they got the wrong people. From Sony Music Entertainment and Message Heard, this is my mother's lies. I'm Beth Karras. For 30 years, I've covered some of the country's biggest cases

involving criminal deception, from Jody Arias to Natalia Grace. And this case has left me more trouble than any of those stories. Coming April 1st to the binge, search for My Mother's Lies wherever you get your podcast to start listening. Subscribers to the binge can listen to all episodes all at once, add free.