The Dishonesty of True Crime
On October 9, 2020, Taylor Parker, a 27-year-old mother of two, visited her friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock at her home in northeastern Texas. Simmons-Hancock, who was 35 weeks pregnant with her second child, had something Parker felt she desperately needed: a baby.What transpired next is the subject of Maternal Instinct, a hit Netflix true-crime documentary directed by Jessica Dimmock and released in June.
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On October 9, 2020, Taylor Parker, a 27-year-old mother of two, visited her friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock at her home in northeastern Texas. Simmons-Hancock, who was 35 weeks pregnant with her second child, had something Parker felt she desperately needed: a baby.What transpired next is the subject of Maternal Instinct, a hit Netflix true-crime documentary directed by Jessica Dimmock and released in June. If you watched the film, you might conclude that you know everything you need to know about Parker and her crimes. But you would be mistaken.
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- On October 9, 2020, Taylor Parker, a 27-year-old mother of two, visited her friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock at her home in northeastern Texas. Simmons-Hancock, who was 35 weeks pregnant with her second child, had something Parker felt she desperately needed: a baby.What transpired next is the subject of Maternal Instinct, a hit Netflix true-crime documentary directed by Jessica Dimmock and released in June.
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The Dishonesty of True Crime
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