Victim or Abuser: The Interview with Tracey Grissom | My Life of Crime
On May, 15th 2012, 27-year-old Hunter Grissom is gunned down at work by his ex-wife, Tracey Grissom. Grissom is then convicted of murdering Hunter and sent to prison in Alabama. In Part 2, 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty calls Tracey Grissom in prison to hear her side of the story leading up to her conviction. Erin also speaks with Tracey's lawyer Warren Freeman, with whom she is writing a book, about his handling of the trial and how he sees Tracey. This episode of the My Life of Crime podcast is an extension of the 48 Hours episode, “The Girl Next Door”.
- Duration
- 24m
- Broadcast on
- 21 Dec 2022
- Audio Format
- other
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It's Erin Moriarty, and we have a special episode for you today from my original podcast, My Life of Crime. I'm taking you inside true crime investigations like no one else, taking on killers and those accused of crimes. Here's an all-new episode of My Life of Crime that takes you deeper into the girl next door. Follow along as I go beyond the scene of each crime, beyond prison walls, and into the killers' inner thoughts. It's all on this season of My Life of Crime. Your name is Tracy. Yeah. Okay, did you kill at your husband? Ex-husband, yes. Ex-husband. The killer doesn't usually call 911 right after unloading a gun on her victim, but that's exactly what Tracy Grissom did on May 15th, 2012. Tracy claimed self-defense. He had hurt me. He had done a lot of things to me. I did want him dead, I still don't want him dead. But if Tracy had been abused, why was she charged, and two years later, in 2014, convicted of murder, were there important facts about Tracy that the jury didn't know at her trial? I'm Erin Moriarty, 48 Hours, and this is My Life of Crime. This is part two of victim or abuser. What really happened to Hunter Grissom? We all know she was capable of doing this. That's Gina Prisock, Hunter's aunt. Hunter's family always believed that Tracy falsely claimed that Hunter had abused her, and instead, she methodically planned to kill him. She hunted him down. She hunted him down. Throughout their marriage, Tracy never reported any abuse by Hunter. What's more, at the time of the shooting, Tracy was in a deep financial hole, a hole that the sizable insurance policy on Hunter's life would fix. Thank you for calling that life. This is Pam. Please have your name. Tracy Grissom. Speaking of a call that Tracy made to the insurance company, the day before she shot Hunter, checking on a policy on Hunter's life. Hey, it's Hunter Grissom. Thank you so much. Can you please verify his date of birth? Tracy had been paying for the policy and was the primary beneficiary. She wanted to make sure the company had her current address. Is there anything else I can do for you today? That's going to be it. And Tracy called the company again after Hunter died. And how can I help you today? Well, I was actually calling because I didn't know what I needed to do. Hunter passed away May 15th and I actually am going through a court case right now because
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On May, 15th 2012, 27-year-old Hunter Grissom is gunned down at work by his ex-wife, Tracey Grissom. Grissom is then convicted of murdering Hunter and sent to prison in Alabama. In Part 2, 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty calls Tracey Grissom in prison to hear her side of the story leading up to her conviction. Erin also speaks with Tracey's lawyer Warren Freeman, with whom she is writing a book, about his handling of the trial and how he sees Tracey. This episode of the My Life of Crime podcast is an extension of the 48 Hours episode, “The Girl Next Door”.