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The Criminal Makeup

51: The Teenage Psychopath Who Couldn’t Stop Fantasizing About Murder - Daniel Marsh

The Criminal Makeup

The Criminal Makeup

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Hey guys, today we're going to be covering the case of Daniel Marsh. Hope you enjoy listening! xoxo

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0:00.0

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

0:13.8

Podcast.

0:14.8

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

0:19.0

we are talking about the case of Daniel Marsh.

0:22.0

I first came across this case when I saw some of the interrogation footage from Daniel Marsh's

0:27.6

interview with police and when I saw this footage, my jaw literally hit the floor.

0:34.5

Daniel Marsh was a teenager who could not stop fantasising about murder.

0:40.8

It was all he could think about.

0:43.0

When he would pass someone on the street, he would think about how to kill them.

0:47.6

When he was in the school yard with other students, he would think about how to kill them.

0:52.3

And even in his police interview, Daniel sat there and openly described in graphic detail

0:58.8

how he would go about murdering the detective that was interviewing him.

1:03.1

I just could not believe what I was seeing and what is even more disturbing is that these

1:08.5

thoughts have been going on for years.

1:11.6

Daniel had started having graphic desires of killing people since the age of only 10 years

1:17.6

old. And unfortunately, as Daniel went through his teenage years, these thoughts only got worse

1:23.4

and worse until they ultimately led to the tragic events of today's case.

1:27.9

And we've got all of that to get through today, so let's dive in.

1:38.1

Daniel was born on the 14th of May 1997, making him a tourist.

1:43.5

He grew up in Davis, California, where he lived with his dad, Bill, Mom, Sherry and older

1:50.0

sister Sarah. And there are quite a few quite big significant events that happen in Daniel's childhood,

1:57.0

not always to Daniel, but they're still significant. So the first one is when Daniel was just

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