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The Pet Cemetery Murders: Part 2

Sep 30, 2026 · 39m

Summary

Host Jed Lipinski explores the 1985 murder of Dorothy Thompson, a Louisiana pet cemetery owner, and her mother Grace, a fugitive convicted of killing her ex-husband’s wife. The episode details how a 2009 anonymous tip and subsequent witness testimonies from Brandon Nodier’s associates finally broke the cold case. Nodier, who had tricked Dorothy into signing over her property, was charged with second-degree murder after confessing to multiple people over the decades. He ultimately pleaded guilty to manslaughter, receiving a ten-year sentence for the crime that had haunted the community for 2…

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