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# Episode 2: Casey Anthony and Bonnie MacNara
- URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-2-casey-anthony-bonnie-macnara/
- Published: 2017-05-05T01:47:16.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-03T15:55:59.000Z
- Author: Carla Pettigrew
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1738597973835, #Import 2025-02-03 15:53

[Listen to “Remastered 2: Casey Anthony and Bonnie MacNara: 2” on Spreaker.](https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43132405)

### Mothers who killed their young children: one fictional, one frighteningly real, both related.

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#### Book recommendations:

Before the list of true crime books, I must mention this splendid novel, about a father who learns that his son might be a murderer: [Defending Jacob](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780345533661), by William Landay

- [Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony: A Psychological Portrait](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781250039637), by psychiatrist Keith Ablow (highly recommended)
- [Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780062125354), by Jeff Ashton (the prosecutor–also highly recommended)
- [Parents Who Killed Their Children: True Stories of Filicide, Mental Health and Postpartum Psychosis](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781494787066), by R. J. Parker
- for fairness’ sake: [Presumed Guilty: Casey Anthony: The Inside Story](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781937856380), by Jose Baez
- [Mommy’s Little Girl: Casey Anthony and her Daughter Caylee’s Tragic Fate,](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781250230027) by my friend Diane Fanningf
- [The Casey Anthony Murder Trial](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780971629271), by Claudette Walker, Matrix Filia
- [Outrage!: The Casey Anthony Story](http://amzn.to/2pLFYhr), by Steve Helling
- [Who Is Casey Anthony?: Understanding the Motherly Motivation to Murder](http://amzn.to/2pLM5SO), by Leslie Seppinni
- [Mothers Who Kill Their Children: Understanding the Acts of Moms from Susan Smith to the “Prom Mom”](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780814756447), by Cheryl Meyer, Michelle Oberman, Kelly White
- [When Mothers Kill: Interviews from Prison](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780814757024), by Michelle Oberman, Cheryl Meyer

Let me know if you had read or are going to read any of these. I *love* discussing books! But you know that already. I’ve added all of the above to the [Goodreads There Might Be Cupcakes Bookshelf](http://bit.ly/cupcakesbookshelf).

#### Video:

The three-part Casey Anthony documentary that ID produced is now available digitally: [5.99 for the set of 3 in HD, 4.99 in SD](http://amzn.to/2q40BpM), and the trailer, if you cannot decide, is a free download.

Remember, if you purchase using my links, or purchase anything by clicking through one of my links first, you help me out a smidge without costing yourself extra–and you make me feel loved. Win-win. Thank you in advance!

Also, if you like my writing, let me know, so I’ll know to read more for you.

And please, don’t forget to listen to the four-parter that moved this episode from the brainstorm list to number 2: True Crime Garage’s project on Casey Anthony, episodes 101-104: available to stream or download on all platforms via Podbean: [101](https://truecrimegarage.podbean.com/e/casey-anthony-part-1-101/), [102](https://truecrimegarage.podbean.com/e/casey-anthony-part-2-102/), [103](https://truecrimegarage.podbean.com/e/casey-anthony-part-3-103/), [104](https://truecrimegarage.podbean.com/e/casey-anthony-part-4-104/)

their official site: [truecrimegarage.com](http://truecrimegarage.com). Tell Nic and the Captain Carla sent ya.

Quoted in this episode:

- [Bag of Bones](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501198892), by [Stephen King](https://theremightbecupcakes.com/tag/stephen-king/)
- [East of Eden](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143129486), by John Steinbeck
- [Medea](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780486275482), by Euripides

[Listen to “Remastered 2: Casey Anthony and Bonnie MacNara: 2” on Spreaker.](https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43132405)

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