124: Teenage Double Murderer: Nathan Callahan

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

1994, a 15 year old boy did the unthinkable. He ambushed his mother and younger sister and shot them to death. All because he was angry over being grounded. He planned their murders, and 3 more family members for weeks before the ambush. And most of it was caught on a recording device on his home phone. But still, the question remains, at 15 years old, was Nathan Callahan old enough to be held responsible for his actions.

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0:00.0	Southern Fried True Crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners, and there
0:11.2	may also be some explicit language used.
0:14.5	Listener discretion is advised.
0:19.0	When a teenager kills, as a society, we are both repulsed and riveted.
0:26.3	As parents of teens, we are even more horrified and naturally think, well my kid would never
0:32.0	do that.
0:34.2	We have also come to accept that our brains are not fully developed until about age 25.
0:40.4	Studies vary, but that seems to be the age most scientists agree on.
0:45.2	And we've known this for decades.
0:47.6	But in the United States, teenagers can and often are tried as adults in criminal courts.
0:53.9	There are several deciding factors including cognitive and moral capacity, as well as
0:59.0	the severity of the crime.
1:01.3	The law is also very state-to-state.
1:04.4	Today's case reminds me somewhat of the Duke murders in episode 114.
1:09.6	The coldness, the planning, the sheer senselessness of the brutality, as well as the reason.
1:17.1	Nathan Callahan was mad.
1:19.4	He was mad about being grounded.
1:21.6	He felt old enough and entitled enough to do as he pleased.
1:26.1	But at 15 years old, was he old enough to understand?
1:30.9	If you have hard-held beliefs about juveniles being tried as adults, this one might make
1:35.8	you pause, or it may solidify your feelings.
1:42.5	Welcome to episode 124, Teenage Double Murderer, Nathan Callahan.
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