The Professor & The Poet

Season 2026 · Episode 5 · First aired March 6, 2026

When American University professor Sue Marcum is found murdered in her Maryland home, it appears to be a burglary gone wrong. But DNA from the scene tells a different story, pointing detectives toward someone she trusted.

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A years-long international hunt leads to a dramatic arrest and long-awaited justice. INTERVIEWS WITH: Sue's brother and his wife Alan and Barbara Marcum, FBI agents in Baltimore and Guadalajara, Prosecutors Debbie Feinstein and Ryan Wechsler, Defense Attorneys Meghan Brennan and Tatiana David, and others.

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