542 - The Attempted Murder of Susan Kuhnhausen
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
On the 6th of September, 2006, 51-year-old Susan Kuhnhausen returned to her Portland home to find an intruder wielding a hammer, this is her remarkable story.
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:45 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
Content warning:
Violence, hammer related assault (main details at 00:15:19)
Previous murder details at 00:26:44
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https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/08/17/a-hit-man-came-to-kill-susan-kuhnhausen-she-survived-he-didnt/
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| 0:00.0 | Do you go on is performing some live podcast at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. |
| 0:06.6 | Can you believe it, baby? You can come see us do three shows, 29th of March, 12th and 19th of April, |
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| 0:19.5 | And it's true to say that the tickets are moving fast, |
| 0:22.0 | Dave. That's right. We are over 50% for all of the shows, and more than 50% of season passes are gone now, too. And that means you can see all three shows for a heavily discounted price. Oh, my God. But, you know, feel free to buy three individually if you like. Whatever. Yeah. |
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| 0:39.8 | doing our new material show. individually if you like whatever yeah hey but also why not see me and serenji i'm on a friend of |
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| 0:45.3 | 2027 it's 2026 26 March the third to the ninth at rhino room and i'm also doing a who knew |
| 0:52.4 | with met short live at the rhino room on Saturday, the March the 7th, the, the, the, the, the, the. And, yeah, Melbourne and International Comedy Festival. Also, the Coupers Inn means Sarenne, April 7th, the 19th. That means, I believe, you'll be able to at least do a double one time, maybe two times with Dugo On. Yeah. |
| 1:11.5 | Twice. |
| 1:13.6 | And why not do it twice? |
| 1:15.7 | Oh, do it twice because it's so nice. |
| 1:17.0 | Oh, Mama. |
| 1:17.9 | Double the fun. |
| 1:18.8 | It's number one. |
| 1:23.4 | Anyway, go to dogoonpod.com for all the links to these shows. Music Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On. |
| 1:42.2 | My name is Dave Warnocky and as always I'm here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins. Hello. Hi Dave. Hi, Jess. It's so good to be here. What just happened there? Well, I've just turned on and I'm turned up and I'm tuning in. Woo! No, it's really good to be here, guys. I know we're 300 and whatever episodes in 500 even 500 30 |
| 2:03.3 | summer yeah um but i still feel the same vim and vigor and lust for the podcasting life |
| 2:11.0 | as i ever did no i'm i'm really tired um we almost believed you yeah that was really that was actually very good though no i but i'm really i'm really tired. We almost believed you. Yeah, that was actually very good, though. No, but I'm really, I'm really looking forward to hanging out with you guys here today. Great. It's always a highlight of my week. I'll tell you that. Yeah. For free? I wouldn't pave that information because I would have suspected it. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? Like, I thought, look at him. Yes. What we know about his life? What else has he got? Like, it's grim out there. So, of course, this is just naturally a highlight. That's why we keep going for you. Yeah. Well, I appreciate that. And I would say this is also probably a highlight for you, knowing what I know about you. |
| 2:51.1 | Oh, the comfort of the barrels has been pointed on me. |
| 2:53.6 | Because here's the thing, you say stuff here and we laugh, and that doesn't happen outside |
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