32 episodes

A Gentle Thief is a fictional podcast, written and performed by Amanda Dickson, inspired by real events involving the death of a young girl and her parents' desperate and relentless attempt to have her death certificate changed from suicide to homicide. Get the full story here: https://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Thief-Amanda-Dickson-ebook/dp/B005IE7X2G Attorney Sophie Brownlie is given the case her first week with the law firm of Day Openshaw. She becomes passionate in her attempt to help the family prove that their daughter did not kill herself. But if she didn't, who did? Her ex-husband? Her new boyfriend, who had broken up with her just two days before she was found dead? Or is there someone else with a motive that isn't as clear? The story takes us from Las Vegas, where Sophie practices law, to Pennsylvania, where the young girl grew up, and finally to Cedar City, where she lived . . . and died. A Gentle Thief is brought to you by Superior Water and Air. http://kslnewsradio.com/1542169/ksl-newsradio-announces-new-fictional-podcast-gentle-thief/

A Gentle Thief Amanda Dickson

    • Fiction
    • 4.7 • 29 Ratings

A Gentle Thief is a fictional podcast, written and performed by Amanda Dickson, inspired by real events involving the death of a young girl and her parents' desperate and relentless attempt to have her death certificate changed from suicide to homicide. Get the full story here: https://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Thief-Amanda-Dickson-ebook/dp/B005IE7X2G Attorney Sophie Brownlie is given the case her first week with the law firm of Day Openshaw. She becomes passionate in her attempt to help the family prove that their daughter did not kill herself. But if she didn't, who did? Her ex-husband? Her new boyfriend, who had broken up with her just two days before she was found dead? Or is there someone else with a motive that isn't as clear? The story takes us from Las Vegas, where Sophie practices law, to Pennsylvania, where the young girl grew up, and finally to Cedar City, where she lived . . . and died. A Gentle Thief is brought to you by Superior Water and Air. http://kslnewsradio.com/1542169/ksl-newsradio-announces-new-fictional-podcast-gentle-thief/

    Be Careful What You Wish For

    Be Careful What You Wish For

    (FICTION) A Gentle Thief is inspired by true events... Sophie Brownlie is a brand new lawyer. She's eager to work, but is unsure of herself and her place in her Las Vegas law firm. Senior Partner Rick Day assigns Sophie a case thinking it will be a good learning experience for her. But as Sophie opens the file, she is immediately shocked by what she sees.
    A Gentle Thief is written and performed by Amanda Dickson.  Dickson hosts Utah's Morning News, one of America's highest-rated regional news broadcasts.  Hear her weekday mornings from 5:00-9:00 on Salt Lake City's KSL Newsradio. 
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    • 18 min
    What Happens in Disneyworld Stays in Disneyworld

    What Happens in Disneyworld Stays in Disneyworld

    (FICTION) A Gentle Thief is inspired by true events... Madeline Ruth Johnson (Maddie) lives with her parents Ike and Cookie in a small Pennsylvania town. Maddie and her father Ike struggle to live with the angry and vindictive Cookie. They avoid her as much as they can until that's no longer possible.
    A Gentle Thief is written and performed by Amanda Dickson.  Dickson hosts Utah's Morning News, one of America's highest-rated regional news broadcasts.  Hear her weekday mornings from 5:00-9:00 on Salt Lake City's KSL Newsradio.See our website for privacy information.

    • 22 min
    Never Assume a Suicide

    Never Assume a Suicide

    (FICTION)
    In Episode 3 of A Gentle Thief, a fictional podcast inspired by true events, attorney Sophie Brownlie studies the case of the dead girl with her husband, an experienced crime reporter with The Las Vegas Sun. Together they learn that the client is named Ike Johnson. He is trying to get the Utah coroner to change the manner of death determination on the death certificate of his daughter from suicide to homicide. That's it. 
    The problem is when his daughter was found, everyone treated her death like a suicide, except the coroner. There were brown markings on her hands that looked like powder burns. 
    A Gentle Thief is a fictional podcast written and performed by Amanda Dickson. Dickson is heard weekday mornings from 5:00-9:00 on Salt Lake City's KSL Newsradio. 
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    • 24 min
    Death Once Dead, There's No More Dying Then

    Death Once Dead, There's No More Dying Then

    (FICTION)
    In Episode 4 of A Gentle Thief, a fictional podcast based on true events, we see Maddie Johnson as a young woman living in Cedar City in the house given to her by her father. She felt too young to be a homeowner, but was that AND a landlord to her neighbor, a nice guy named Junior Kemler.
    We learn how she came to Cedar City to be a student at Southern Utah University, and how she met her husband. He is a professor of Shakespeare. She was his star student. Their relationship was doomed to be a tragedy.
    A Gentle Thief is a fictional podcast written and performed by Amanda Dickson. Dickson is heard weekday mornings from 5:00-9:00 on Salt Lake City's KSL Newsradio. 
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    • 21 min
    The Door She Can Never Close

    The Door She Can Never Close

    (FICTION)
    In Episode 5 of A Gentle Thief, a fictional podcast based on real events, we meet the man who would become Maddie's undoing - Con Sullier. He is a disc jockey at the local rock station, aloof, trolling the green show at the Shakespeare Festival when they meet. Maddie is there to see the show, something she often enjoys. Her husband stayed home, as he usually does.
    Con flirts with her and then disappears. She goes back the next night to look for him. Then she goes back the night after that, having no idea she will never be able to close the door she is opening in her life. 
    A Gentle Thief is a fictional podcast written and performed by Amanda Dickson. Dickson is heard weekday mornings from 5:00-9:00 on Salt Lake City's KSL Newsradio. 
    See our website for privacy information.

    • 21 min
    "There is something wrong with my client."

    "There is something wrong with my client."

    (FICTION)
    In Episode 6 of A Gentle Thief, we are back with Sophie at the law firm on the day her client, Ike Johnson, calls. They go over where they are on the case, what the strong arguments are, and how they are going to approach the Utah Medical Examiner.
    After the hang-up, Rick asks Sophie to review the details of the case with him. Why was there a second autopsy? Tell me about the interviews in the file that private investigators did with the ex-husband and the boyfriend guy. Can you picture them as murderers? Rick shakes his head. He thinks there is something wrong with his client. Why would a Dad keep this up for 20 years after his daughter's death?
    A Gentle Thief is a fictional podcast written and performed by Amanda Dickson. Dickson is heard weekday mornings from 5:00-9:00 on Salt Lake City's KSL Newsradio.
    See our website for privacy information.

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
29 Ratings

29 Ratings

Me not u!! ,

Loved It

Very engaging and entertaining story, and having Ms Dickson, the author, reading the story brought out just how she imagined the characters when she wrote the story. I really enjoyed this story.

Janalynf ,

Interesting

Compelling story pulled me in. All the snappiness made me wonder why I was still listening. But I continued and enjoyed most of it. Story was good, setting was fun. Writing was ok.

Pleasewritemore ,

Waiting for the sequel!

Very engaging story! An excellent book. Amanda does a superb job narrating the story, and making the characters believable and real. The narration brings the story and characters alive! Well done!

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