The Company She Keeps | Georgia Durante

In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator Sheryl McCollum sits down with Georgia Durante.

Georgia is a woman who has lived multiple lives in one lifetime. She discusses becoming the most photographed girl in America, a getaway driver for the mob, a Hollywood stunt car driver, and a successful author of the book called "The Company She Keeps,"

Georgia Durante is a former model, getaway driver for the mob, Hollywood stunt car driver, and author.

Her modeling career began at the age of 12, and by 17 she was a "Kodak Girl" and one of the most recognizable faces in the country. Listeners can learn more about at website http://www.georgiadurante.com/, on Facebook @GeorgiaDurante, and on IG @wheelwoman

Resources:  

The Company She Keeps by Georgia Durante  

Show Notes:

• [0:00] Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum.  
• [2:30] Sheryl introduces guest, Georgia Durante to the listeners 
• [3:00] Question: What happened when you were twelve years old?
• [8:00] Question: Can you tell us about your brother-in-law? 
• [8:30] Georgia discusses the impact of domestic violence
• [13:50] First encounter with the mob and becoming a getaway driver
• [19:15] The traumatic attack by her brother-in-law
• [23:30] Georgia speaks on escaping her dangerous marriage 
• [25:30] Venturing into Hollywood stunt car driving
• [29:20] Question: What happened in the vintage Ferrari? 
• [31:00] Beginning of Georgia’s writing journey
• [35:00] How her experiences became a source of empowerment
• [38:45] The Company She Keeps by Georgia Durante 
• [40:10] “Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone,  but when someone is unkind to me,  weak is not what you're gonna remember about me.” -A.C
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.  

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