67: The Killing of FBI Informant Susan Daniels Smith

In 1987, an ambitious rookie FBI agent came to Pikeville, Kentucky for his first posting out of the academy. He soon met a girl from the nearby holler who worked as an informant. Susan Daniels Smith lived a life of poverty, violence and misery. And then she met Mark Putnam and became obsessed.

Major Source: Above Suspicion by Joe Sharkey

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/67-the-killing-of-fbi-informant-susan-daniels-smith

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Researched by Erica Kelley
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I have enjoyed your podcast since the first episode. Today I am disappointed. I had never heard you make excuses for a murderer until today. Susan died by his hand period. You only have his words and his story and you ran with it.