[Florida] Mother Knows Best

Grab your mason jars and pull up a rocker as Cara and Stew head to South Florida to unpack the wild true story behind the 1997 movie Mother Knows Best. When Lauderhill retiree Lee Goldsmith secretly placed a classified ad to find her daughter a wealthy bachelor, she never imagined her daughter would fall for David Brownstein, a hardworking, blue-collar air-conditioning repairman. Consumed by spite and years of family estrangement, Lee took matters into her own hands by trying to hire a hitman straight from her living room—sparking an undercover Broward County Sheriff’s sting inside a luxury Cadillac and a sensational trial that stunned the nation.

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Sources

Tampa Bay Times Archives (1990): "Murder-for-hire case opens: Woman accused of trying to have son-in-law killed" (Jan 23, 1990).South Florida Sun Sentinel Archives (1989–1995): "The Old Lady and the Hit Man" (May 1990); "Grandma in Murder Plot to Be Freed" (June 1995); trial coverage by regional correspondents.Orlando Sentinel Archives (1990–1993): "Lee Goldsmith, In Jail for Hiring a Hit Man" (Jan 1993); "Shoot My Son-In-Law, Please!" (July 1990).Broward County Circuit Court Records (1989–1990): State of Florida v. Lee Goldsmith, Case No. 89-003661CF10A (Solicitation to Commit First-Degree Murder).