With two young sons, she divorced her husband tom, only to later become intimate with her first cousin fritz klenner. And the tv miniseries posted in fritz klenner, murder, north carolina, susan newsom, true crime books and tagged fritz klenner, murder, north carolina, susan newsom, susie newsom, tom lynch on january 26, 2015 by meredith. With kelly mcgillis, harry hamlin, keith carradine, holland taylor. Bledsoes book on the bitter blood murders brilliantly details the shocking twists and turns that claimed the lives of nine people, including susie newsom lynch, fritz klenner, and susies two children. In this unrelenting reallife drama of three wealthy families connected by marriage and murder, bledsoe recounts the shocking events, obsessive love, and bitter custody battles that led toward the bloody climax that. Im still bitter about the way things happened, lynch said in a series of telephone interviews from his home in albuquerque. Tom and susie lynch are married for ten years until they file for divorce.
Bitter blood is a very interesting and thoroughly researched story about a bizarre crime. Apr 04, 2010 jerry bledsoe eventually left the newspaper to focus on writing bitter blood, which told this story. As tom lynchs cases wound through the courts, susies paranoia grew. Tom lynch says the death of his two sons 30 years ago is. Feb 27, 2020 in 1981, susie newsom the niece and namesake of north carolina supreme court chief justice susie sharp and her husband tom lynch divorced and embarked in a bitter custody fight over their two. He would stay home from work, go for a hike in the mountains around albuquerque, n. Greensboro this week marked the 30th anniversary of bitter blood killings. Gauging by the tone of the story, tom lynch seems happier than hes been in a very, very long time. Bitter blood susan newsom, who seemed to have fallen quite literally madly in love. Tom rarely got to see his children, the result of an acrimonious split from his former wife, susie newsom lynch. This story was so interesting if left me wishing a great crime director like david fincher had taken a stab at adapting it to the screen.
The bitter blood epithet comes from articles written by jerry. The case sent shock waves through the community and tom lynch was devastated for years after the tragedy. Feb, 2020 bledsoes book on the bitter blood murders brilliantly details the shocking twists and turns that claimed the lives of nine people, including susie newsom lynch, fritz klenner, and susies two children. Jan 25, 2014 tom and susie lynch are married for ten years until they file for divorce. Jerry bledsoe published a book on this case called bitter blood.
James jim age 9 and his brother john age 10 were the sons of dr. Bledsoe would turn the series into the book bitter blood, which hit the new york times best. A true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder onyx mass market paperback april 1, 1989. Bitter blood yields revenge and murder orlando sentinel. Susie newsom lynch, along with her first cousin and lover fritz klenner, killed nine people, including themselves, in. May 10, 2016 116 videos play all popular videos bitter blood bitter blood topic eng satoh takeru attempts to cook curry funny scene duration. But that was just the beginning of this insane story of murder and revenge, where the intersection of three families resulted in the deaths of nine. Its been 30 years since a shootout, chase and explosion along highway 150 in guilford county ended a true crime drama in the triad.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. His personal desire to explain the tragedy is evident on nearly every page as is his ultimate frustration at his inability to find finite answers to all that took place. Jan 01, 1988 bitter blood is, thankfully, a true classic. At first, tom lynchs mother delores and sister janie were murdered in cold blood in oldham county, kentucky. Fritz klenner and his firstcousin and lover susie lynch took their lives in an explosion. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading bitter blood. It was about the survivors of bitter blood, three decades later. Bitter blood is composed of various newspaper articles from the greensboro news and record and personal eyewitness accounts of several homicides in 1984 and 1985. May 1985 5 of susie lynchs family members, including her parents and an aunt, are shot and killed in winstonsalem, north carolina. Summerfield slaughter 30 years ago ended in deaths of couple, two. The first bodies found were those of a feisty millionaire widow and her daughter in their posh louisville, kentucky, home.
The setting for the majority of the book is located in rural north carolina and, more specifically, in rockingham county and guilford county. There was also a movie about the murders in 1995 starring harry hamlin and kelly mcgillis also titled bitter blood. Court chief justice susie sharp and her husband tom lynch divorced and embarked in a bitter custody fight over their two sons, john and jim. A true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder kindle edition by bledsoe, jerry. Jerry bledsoes bitter blood is a bloated doorstop of a book 573 pages of oftensuperfluous information about the family trees of several of the characters complete with detailed biographies of the forebearers and replete with observations by bystanders again with biographical material who are at best secondary and at worst totally. Tom lynch says the death of his two sons 30 years ago is never far. Summerfield slaughter 30 years ago ended in deaths of couple. Former greensboro police officer tommy dennis has looked death in the face. Susie sharp newsom lynch was the divorced mother of two young boys. With two young sons, she divorced her husband tom, only to later become intimate with her. Susie lynch, who had reconnected with first cousin fritz klenner, develops. This movie is based on the story of susie newsome from north carolina. Live at the durham performing arts center my favorite murder.
Tom lynch and his exwife susie lynch were related in a bitter child custody battle when the murders of delores and janie lynch in kentucky happened. Tom lynch uses for general pencils sketch and wash pencil. The murders appear to be rooted in the couples belief that lynchs exhusband and other family were conspiring to take the boys from her. Sadly, they divorced in november 1999 a divorce that was followed with a heated child custody dispute that took years to resolve. After a very messy divorce, a man starts suspecting his exwife and her new boyfriend of various crimes. Anyone who has read bitter blood by jerry bledsoe, i am. When susie newsom and tom lynch got divorced in 1981, a cutthroat battle for custody over their two sons began. The bitter blood murders ok just finished listening to the latest episode and i think this is the most bummed out ive ever been after listening to an mfm episode, which says a lot. In the summer of 1984, relatives of the former couple began to be murdered across the country. Bitter blood a true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder.
Feel free to post any questions you have on oral hygiene, dental procedures or options or even just stop by to say hello. The story of the klenner and his crimes is chronicled in bitter blood. It was very soon after that susie lynch told tom that neither she or their sons would be returning to albuquerque. Tom lynch and his wife, kathy lynch, went on to have a child, whom they named michael thomas. Lynch was then traded to adelaide following the 2011 season. Arguably jerry bledsoes best book it is the result of newspaper articles he wrote at the time of the murders.
Susie newsom lynch, along with her first cousin and lover fritz klenner, killed nine people, including themselves, in 1984 and. I recommend reading jerry bledsoes book bitter blood, where the entire story will blow you away. Tom lynch of albuquerque, new mexico and susie sharp newsome lynch. Jun 04, 2015 the mother and sister of tom lynch, the newsomes former soninlaw, were also found shot at their home under mysterious circumstances. Then nanna, bob and florence newsom in north carolina where murdered after bob said he would testify at the custody hearing for tom lynch so he could spend more time with his boys. En plein air pro advanced easel system setup video by tom lynch. Photos of susie newsome lynch and tom lynch tom and his new wife kathy with the boys jim and john. Tom lynch would disappear each june 3, in body and in spirit. For years, tom lynch would disappear each june 3, in body and in spirit.
A true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder 1988 is a. Known as the bitter blood murders, in 1985, first cousins and lovers, susie newsom lynch and fritz klenner led police and sbi on a chase that ended in an explosion that killed them and susies two young sons. Tom lynch australian footballer, born 1990 wikipedia. What connected the killings was the bitter divorce between susie and her husband tom, and the impending custody battle for their children, particularly since it became increasingly clear that susie regarded the boys as pawns in. Thomas lynch born 15 september 1990 is a professional australian rules football player who plays for the adelaide football club in the australian football league afl. Jerry bledsoe eventually left the newspaper to focus on writing bitter blood, which told this story. In 1981, susie newsom the niece and namesake of north carolina supreme court chief justice susie sharp and her husband tom lynch divorced and embarked in a bitter custody fight over their two.
A true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder library edition by jerry bledsoe. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Susie newsom grew up in winstonsalem and married tom lynch, the son. A true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder, a bestselling book by jerry bledsoe, who was writing for the greensboro news and record at the time. Bitter blood, jerry bledsoes account of a bizarre murder case involving two prominent families, digs to the root of the family tree that bore two unstable cousins, susie sharp newsom lynch and. A true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder 1989 online free. Triad residents remember 30th anniversary of bitter blood. A true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder. She marries young tom lynch after meeting him at wake forest university.
Later made into a tv movie, bitter blood is one of the most haunting true crime stories ive ever read. Tom and susie lynch wage a bitter battle, often through the courts, over tom s visitation rights mid1982. Jun 29, 2015 the case sent shock waves through the community and tom lynch was devastated for years after the tragedy. The two were killed at their home as delores returned from a sunday morning church service on july 22, 1984. Well have it back up and running as soon as possible. Bitter blood on apple books apple books apple apple. Investigators say also supported tom lunchs custody fight with exwife susie newsome lynch, over their two sons, john, 10, and jim, 9.
Regardless of the weak nature of a tv movieoftheweek, including the disruptions for commercials when i first saw it broadcast over two nights, the series of tragedies that unfolded were still heartwrenching. Tom and susie lynch wage a bitter battle, often through the courts, over toms visitation rights mid1982. After all the anguish he went through, tom lynch eventually married again, and has a teenage daughter who it sounds like is active, athletic, smart and no doubt very beautiful. The bitter blood case has been the subject of several crime documentaries, according to the movies based on true stories.
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