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The Criminal Makeup

32: Thе ЕVIL Brothers Who KiIIеd For Fame - Robert and Michael Bever

The Criminal Makeup

Danielle Kirsty

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Hey guys! I hope you're all having a great week! Today we're going to be covering the case of the Bever brothers, who committed an absolutely AWFUL crime. And I need to warn you, there are some not very nice things that happen in this episode.

Hope you enjoy listening! xoxo

If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider visiting the following resources:

The Samaritans helpline: 116 123
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Safeline domestic abuse helpline: 01926 402 498
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Rape Crisis Helpline: 0808 802 9999 (help is also available at live chat at https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/live-chat-helpline/ *times apply)
Sexual Assault Support Line: 01708 765200

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing so well and welcome back to the Criminal Maker podcast.

0:15.8

Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history and today we're

0:20.5

going to be talking about the case of Robert and Michael Bever who are also referred to as the

0:26.0

Bever Brothers. So today's case it is not a very nice one, as always I mean when do we ever cover

0:32.4

really nice happy stories on this podcast but this case in particular is really hard to listen to.

0:38.6

So Robert and Michael they were brothers and they lived as part of a very large family but they

0:44.5

also lived a very sheltered and reclusive life and over time they just started to go down a very

0:51.2

very dark path. They became interested in some pretty disturbing things and together they started

0:57.1

to formulate some awful plans and it all just ended in tragedy and this case received a lot of

1:04.5

attention because of just how horrific the crimes were. How brutal and cold these murders were

1:10.9

that they carried out it really is such a tragic story and I do need to give a warning for this one

1:17.5

because we are going to be talking about the murder of children so please be aware of that so with

1:22.4

all of that being said let's just jump in. So Robert Bever was born on the 17th of September 1996

1:35.9

which means he was a Virgo and his brother Michael was two years younger than him and he was born

1:40.4

on the 4th of November 1998 making him a Scorpio. Now Robert and Michael were the two eldest sons

1:48.2

of David and April Bever and David and April met when they were really young. April was only 15 when

1:55.4

they got married in Texas and they went on to have seven children together and Robert and Michael

2:00.9

are the two eldest seven children that that's a huge family. So I'm going to give you the ages of

2:06.4

the children at the time of this case takes place so the other five siblings were Crystal who was

2:12.1

aged 13 Daniel who was age 12 Christopher who was aged seven Victoria who was aged five and then

2:19.7

two year old autumn and the whole family lived in broken arrow Oklahoma and David the dad his job

2:27.0

was in IT and his job did support the whole family and his co-workers just described him as quite

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