# Diane Fanning: Bitter Remains Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/diane-fanning-bitter-remains Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/diane-fanning-bitter-remains.md Podcast: [Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124) Published: 2026-04-27T07:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-wink/diane-fanning-bitter-remains Audio file: https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/fdf29e64-8856-472d-b2cd-b24c011a225c/15ae0cd0-fca8-48ea-9df5-b4330159e104/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=d35298b0-c12a-44ed-956a-b24c011a22e0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/episodes/diane-fanning-bitter-remains Duration seconds: 3324 ## Resource Author Diane Fanning is known for covering high profile cases like Casey Anthony and JonBenet Ramsey. But not with this book. In the summer of 2011, Laura Jean Ackerson left to pick up her two sons from her ex-husband’s home. And she was never seen alive again. Diane digs into this case, which leads us from North Carolina to Texas. Her book is called,  Bitter Remains: A Custody Battle, A Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price.   Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4gF2K18   See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com  Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)  2026 All Rights Reserved  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/episodes/diane-fanning-bitter-remains/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/diane-fanning-bitter-remains.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.