GUILTY OR - Dan Brophy, fatally shot at Oregon Culinary Institute, 2 June 2018 *Wife Arrested*

[Gemmie]

‘Happily Never After’ podcast exposes stranger-than-fiction crimes of Oregon romance novelist​

“Happily Never After: Dan and Nancy,” a new podcast from Wondery and The Oregonian/OregonLive, pores over the pages of Crampton Brophy’s life and novels to draw a revealing portrait of the self-published author-turned-killer.
The podcast — currently streaming exclusively on the Wondery+ app — will be released on all other major podcast platforms beginning June 3, when the first two episodes drop.

‘Happily Never After’ podcast exposes stranger-than-fiction crimes of Oregon romance novelist

A new podcast from Wondery and The Oregonian/OregonLive uncovers a revealing portrait of Nancy Crampton Brophy, the self-published author-turned-killer.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[Gemmie]

Oregon romance writer Nancy Brophy seeks murder conviction reversal, citing prosecutor’s wink to infamous essay​

Oregon romance writer Nancy Brophy seeks murder conviction reversal, citing prosecutor’s wink to infamous essay

An appeal insists that Nancy Crampton Brophy shouldn’t have been allowed to answer prosecutor Shawn Overstreet’s final question.

www.oregonlive.com

The essay referenced in the article was the 2011 'How to Murder Your Husband' essay she wrote before murdering her husband. I can't find a link to the actual article any longer, but this article sums it up:

How to Murder Your Husband — From Fiction to Reality

You are scrolling down the page and see a blog post with a catchy title ‘How To Murder Your Husband’. Intrigued by the title you click the…

medium.com

 

[Niner]

Oregon romance writer Nancy Brophy seeks murder conviction reversal, citing prosecutor’s wink to infamous essay​

Oregon romance writer Nancy Brophy seeks murder conviction reversal, citing prosecutor’s wink to infamous essay

An appeal insists that Nancy Crampton Brophy shouldn’t have been allowed to answer prosecutor Shawn Overstreet’s final question.

www.oregonlive.com

The essay referenced in the article was the 2011 'How to Murder Your Husband' essay she wrote before murdering her husband. I can't find a link to the actual article any longer, but this article sums it up:

How to Murder Your Husband — From Fiction to Reality

You are scrolling down the page and see a blog post with a catchy title ‘How To Murder Your Husband’. Intrigued by the title you click the…

medium.com

On the first article - I need to unblock my *Ad[d] blockers - and do not want to do that - can you give a little more on what else the appeal says? TIA!

 

[Gemmie]

On the first article - I need to unblock my *Ad[d] blockers - and do not want to do that - can you give a little more on what else the appeal says? TIA!

Sure.

The appeal claimed there were a dozen errors in Brophy's trail, from the introduction of evidence found her laptop, to life insurance records that hadn’t been properly authenticated.

It also says that she shouldn't have been allowed to answer Prosecutor Overstreet's final Q during cross-examination which was “My last question to you, Ms. Brophy, is: If there’s one thing that you know about murder, is it that anyone is capable of doing it?”

Apparently he took that phrasing from her essay according to the article. The issue was... his doing that skirted the Judge's order not to directly mention her essay.

 

[Gemmie]

Yay me! I FINALLY found her essay, so THANK YOU @Niner for asking me to tell you what was in the appeal! I wanted it bad so went down a rabbit hole in old emails on the subject and BINGO! Found it. *grin*

But, I'm not finding that phrasing in her essay. The word capable isn't in the article, nor is anyone so I'm not seeing how he skirted the issue by "directly mentioning her essay".

She started the article with:

As a romantic suspense writer, I spend a lot of time thinking about murder and, consequently, about police procedure. After all, if the murder is supposed to set me free, I certainly don’t want to spend any time in jail. And let me say clearly for the record, I don’t like jumpsuits and orange isn’t my color.

Discusses motives and options, and ends with:

What if killing didn’t produce the right results? Would they do it again? Could they do it again? What if they liked it?
Whoa, there’s an idea for a new story.

Full essay here: https://archive.ph/2018.09.07-09422...4/how-to-murder-your-husband-by-nancy-brophy/

 

[Niner]

Glad I pushed you into that Rabbit Hole - @Gemmie ! LOL! Will read her essay a bit later! And thanks for that additional info on the appeal.

 

[Gemmie]

Here is a link to the newly released 911 call.

 

[Gemmie]

Hear Nancy Crampton Brophy’s reaction to husband’s killing and her interview with LE: