43: CASE | The Lottery Ticket Nightmare

Avery After Dark

Avery Ross

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime

4.8 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On a typical Sunday morning, Tonda Dickerson was working her usual shift at the Grand Bay Waffle House in Alabama. Instead of leaving a cash tip for Tonda, one of her usual customers Edward Seward Jr. left her a Florida lottery ticket instead

This ticket tuned up being the winning ticket. Tonda was now 10 million dollars richer. She quit her job at the Waffle House that day and fantasized of her new life.

Unknowingly to her, that dream ticket ended up being a nightmare. First her Waffle House coworkers sued her as they wanted a cut of the winnings. Then Edward Seward Jr sued her & wanted the ticket back

And then, Tonda Dickerson was KIDNAPPED

In one of the craziest & twisty true stories yet, we discuss the case of Tonda Dickerson & the lottery ticket nightmare

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0:00.0	I want you to imagine you just won the lottery.
0:18.8	$10 million.
0:20.6	You have the lottery ticket in your hand.
0:23.3	Those winning numbers right there.
0:25.8	You are in complete awe.
0:28.1	And all at once, it hits you.
0:30.2	You will never have to worry about money ever again.
0:33.6	You'll never have to work another day in your life.
0:35.9	You can wave goodbye to your boss, your coworkers, and sayanara to those early morning commutes and long evenings at the office. You can buy your dream car, dream homes, vacations. You can help out your friends and family. You can even give back in the ways that you've always wanted to but couldn't afford, starting your own charities, foundations for causes that you feel passionate about.
0:59.4	You're standing in front of the door to your dream life and you're holding the key.
1:03.9	But what if I told you it wasn't going to be a dream life?
1:07.3	In fact, it would turn out to be a complete nightmare.
1:13.3	Greed and its tight grip has a hold of your life now. Friends, family come out of the woodwork coming after you for a piece of your
1:19.2	winnings. And it ends with a kidnapping and a gunshot. I'm your host, Avery Ross, and this is Avery
1:26.9	After Dark.
1:28.0	What I just described to you isn't the plot of a thriller movie.
1:31.5	It was reality for an Alabama woman named Tonda Dickerson, who won the $10 million
1:36.4	Florida lottery in 1999.
1:38.9	Her win set off a series of tragic and shocking events.
1:43.1	Tanda's story is not only a cautionary tale, but also a really psychologically interesting
1:48.7	story of how money changes people.
1:52.5	We all know that, hey, get a little cash involved and you will see people's true colors
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