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Morning Cup of Murder

176: A Murder in Brooklyn - October 26 2019

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com The American Dream is something a lot of people strive for. On October 26th 2013 a man murdered 5 people after he felt he failed to achieve that dream. Mingdong Chen Kills (2013) 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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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

The American

0:03.0

The American Dream is something a lot of

0:04.3

Teleconcement and Electricity Line.

0:05.5

The American Dream is something a lot of

0:08.2

a weird religion.

0:09.5

The American Dream is something a lot of people strive for.

0:14.8

On October 26, 2013,

0:17.9

a man murdered five people after he felt he failed to achieve that dream.

0:23.2

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

0:28.3

morning cup of murder.

0:32.9

Ming Dong Chen was an illegal immigrant who came to the United States in 2004 to find the American dream.

0:40.6

He was $70,000 in debt to a gang from China who smuggled him into the country

0:45.4

and was working in various takeout restaurants to pay for his debts.

0:49.9

However, he failed to keep a job for more than a week or two, and often found himself unemployed.

0:56.5

Some sources also claim he was a victim of a green card marriage scheme, and the woman who claimed she would marry him to keep him in the country, took the money, and ran.

1:07.6

He applied for asylum in 2007 with fraudulent paperwork and was denied.

1:12.6

He was living temporarily with his cousin and his family in Brooklyn, New York, and had been there for about a week when his behavior seemed to become erratic.

1:22.6

So much so that his cousin's wife called her mother-in-law in China after failing to reach her husband at work

1:28.8

to tell her how she was worried about their safety. He found himself with no money, no job,

1:35.8

and living with a man who had a job, a family, and success. Something about this made him snap,

1:43.2

and on October 26, 2013, he murdered his cousin's wife and his four children, 9-year-old Linda, 7-year-old Amy, 5-year-old Kevin, and 1-year-old William.

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