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5 min read🎙️ The Voices & The Context
- The Format: True crime investigative narrative in the style of a 48 Hours TV episode, featuring narrator-led storytelling, witness interviews, dramatic reenactments, and trial footage.
- The Key Players:
- Narrator: Maureen Maher, guiding the mystery with suspenseful delivery.
- Prosecutors: Karen Cook, Tom Henderson, and Danielle McCollum—Shelby County team detailing the case build.
- Key Witnesses: Gary Hathaway (friend whose alibi unravels into suspicion); Becky Black (Joe's mistress who wires him); victim's friends like Kathy Struna, mother Clara Murphy, and son Todd.
- Central Figure: Joe Corona, the charming but deceptive husband on trial for murder.
- The Vibe: Intense and suspenseful, with shocking twists, betrayal revelations, and emotional grief—pure water cooler true crime.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Case Introduction: Tina Corona's Disappearance and Murder**
- 2 (06:00) **Tina and Joe's Marriage and Lifestyle**
- 3 (11:00) **Suspicious Crime Scene Details**
- 4 (14:00) **Friends' Growing Suspicions: Car Puzzle and Behaviors**
- 5 (21:00) **Joe's Affair with Becky Black**
- 6 (25:00) **Financial Motive: Investment Scam Exposed**
- 7 (28:00) **Joe's Flight and Arrest**
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Show Notes
When Tina Caronna was found dead in the back seat of her car, everyone assumed it was a random crime, perhaps a carjacking gone wrong. But by the time of Tina’s funeral, whispers were swirling around Memphis that the real killer wasn’t a stranger at all, but someone much closer to home. “48 Hours" Correspondent Maureen Maher reports.
This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 9/7/2013. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.
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