Happily Never After: Dan and Nancy

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Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life in the suburbs, where she and her chef husband, Dan, are living out their golden years. But when Dan is shot dead, Nancy finds herself at the center of a murder case that could be ripped from the pages of her novels. From Wondery, this is a story about what happens when the line blurs between fiction and reality. Binge all episodes exclusively and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/happily-never-after/ now.

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Introducing Happily Never After: Dan and Nancy

Nancy Brophy likes to write about romance, sex and murder. But when her husband is found murdered, her life starts to mirror her fiction. Binge all episodes of Happily Never After: Dan and Nancy exclusively and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/happily-never-after/ now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Heidi Joy Tretheway

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Carolyn Zanelli

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Zane Sparling

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Dr. Kirk Honda

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533 Ratings

Crazy Story No Doubt

Feb 11

M. Dickerson

Saw this story on Dateline I think so I’d heard the whole sordid tale already but I appreciated the insight from the interviews in this podcast. Unfortunately I do have to somewhat agree about the narrator’s sometimes grating tone and cadence and flippant way of telling what is, after all, a very sad story of murder and loss. I did enjoy the podcast very much and it is a great story but I hope Dan as a victim wasn’t lost in the way it was told.
Not Wondery quality

Feb 12

Anthropoid11

This is just gossip-y and short on critical thinking. Maybe if you like romance novels, you’ll like this podcast.
WOW JUST WOW !!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

10/23/2024

LP2009

First of all, Heidi A+++++ FIVE STARS. On a SCALE 1-10, 10 being the best, you get 100. I loved this true crime story. Not the crime, obviously, but the way you dropped us into the story. So as you were narrating, I felt like I was in an open air tour bus, with a group of crime story writers and we were in the story. I live outside of Portland, a newbie, originally from Carmel, Ca., and as i listened to your podcast, i felt like bragging to my author friends back home, that “this happened only a town over ! And I’ve driven by where it happened!!” It really is so surreal. You and everyone involved in assembling this story for your podcast, did a fabulous job! In fact I sent your story and podcast to a friend of mine, also an author, whose husband is a famous child actor. They love stories like this. And I sent to many of my friends on Facebook..many best selling authors … I know they will follow you, like I’m doing. Thank you for such a well done story. I look forward for your next one ! By the way, I found an excerpt from Nancy’s , “From My Navel to my Knees” and oh my gosh, it was published in 2012 but it was made for TODAY…all about women’s rights ! Have a wonderful week! Leslie Buck
Just watch dateline

12/11/2024

Mirror_Sea

A man died. It’s not about your money or vacations. Waste of time.

Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life in the suburbs, where she and her chef husband, Dan, are living out their golden years. But when Dan is shot dead, Nancy finds herself at the center of a murder case that could be ripped from the pages of her novels. From Wondery, this is a story about what happens when the line blurs between fiction and reality. Binge all episodes exclusively and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/happily-never-after/ now.