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MYSTERIOUS DEATHS OF: Steven Altman & Mary Ann Hayes

2/26/202632 min

In 1984, when Robin Altman was just 22 years old, her brother Steven was found hanging by his neck in an apparent suicide. 12 years later, tragedy struck this family again when Robin's mother Mary Ann took her own life by self-strangulation. But Robin had a nagging feeling that something wasn't right. There was one question she could not get out of her head: what if these deaths weren't suicides at all? What if her brother Steven and her mother Mary Ann were murdered? Robin embarks on a journey to find the truth.

  • If you have any information about the death of Mary Ann Hayes, please contact Northfield PD at 847-446-2131. If you have any information about the death of Steven Altman, please contact Chicago Police at 312-744-2422. You can also contact us at tips@audiochuck.com.
  • If you or someone you know is in crisis or feeling suicidal, please reach out for help by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK, where trained counselors are available 24/7 to provide support.

 

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Clips

Mother Found In Bedroom
Steven’s Bruised Final Photos
Shattered Wrists Question Suicide
Police Report Twisted Facts
Expert Debunks Self-Strangulation

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Ashley Flowers· Host0:01

    Every year, millions of people head into the wilderness searching for peace, beauty, and adventure. But hidden in those same scenic landscapes are stories of violence, survival, and lives cut short. I'm Delia D'Ambra, and on my podcast, Park Predators, I uncover the true crimes that happened in the most amazing places on Earth. Listen to Park Predators wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.

  2. Brit Prawat· Host0:32

    And I'm Britt.

  3. Ashley Flowers· Host0:32

    And today's story is about two deaths in one family, a mother and her son. And on paper, both died by suicide, but their daughter and sister, Robin Altman, had this nagging feeling for decades that something just didn't add up, and that feeling builds when an old friend of her brother's tells her some things that Robin has never heard before, and it leads her on an investigation of her own. Because what if these weren't suicides at all, but murders staged to look like suicides? And if that's true, who would want both her brother and her mother dead? This is the story of Steven Altman and Mary Ann Hayes.

  4. Unknown speaker1:16

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