Susan Spencer

Susan Spencer is an American television news reporter and correspondent for 48 Hours Mystery and CBS Sunday Morning.

She graduated from Michigan State University in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in communications and German literature.

A year later, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Spencer reported major international events such as the Persian Gulf War.

In 1993, she was named a correspondent for 48 Hours, covering subjects ranging from drug wars in Colombia to custody battles in the United States.

Susan's husband Thomas Oliphant is a former political columnist for the Boston Globe.