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145: Pleading Insanity for Murder - September 25 2019 - Today in True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com So many times we hear stories that include a sanity plea. It’s an important piece of law but can often be abused. On September 25th 1982 a spree shooting took place in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. The man who committed these crimes had a past that would beg the question: was he truly not in control of his actions or was he hiding behind a sanity plea?Wilkes-Barre Shootings (1982) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders. 15 miles.

0:32.6

When we survived by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:39.5

A cup of murder.

0:41.0

So many times we hear stories that include a sanity plea.

0:45.0

It's an important piece of law but can often be abused.

0:48.9

On September 25th, 1982, a spree shooting took place in Wilkesbury, Pennsylvania.

0:55.0

The man who committed these crimes had a past that would beg the question.

0:59.0

Was he truly not in control of his actions?

1:02.0

Or was he hiding behind a sanity plea?

1:05.0

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:22.0

On the evening of September 24, 1982, George Emil Banks began mixing straight gin and prescription drugs at his home in Wilkesbury, Pennsylvania. The next morning, September 25th,

1:28.3

he woke up and used a semi-automatic rifle

1:31.3

to kill the inhabitants of his home.

1:33.3

George had a unique living situation.

1:35.3

He lived with three women in their 20s,

1:38.3

and they were all his girlfriends,

1:40.3

as well as the mother of his four children.

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