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Morning Cup of Murder

A Mystery In A Burning Home - January 9 2022 - Todays True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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January 9th: Cameron Todd Willingham Born (1968) Some things aren’t always as they seem. On January 9th 1968 a man was born who would, on the surface, seem like the only suspect in a mysterious fire that killed his children. But, as the years went by, and evidence became more clear, his level of guilt would change in the eyes of many.  MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the 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 local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Todd_Willingham, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/07/trial-by-fire, https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/08/03/fresh-doubts-over-a-texas-execution/, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/letter-from-witness-casts-further-doubt-on-2004-texas-execution/2015/03/09/d9ebdab8-c451-11e4-ad5c-3b8ce89f1b89_story.html, http://camerontoddwillingham.com/, https://innocenceproject.org/cameron-todd-willingham-wrongfully-convicted-and-executed-in-texas/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1

There were two more murders.

0:31.8

15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.9

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:42.3

Some things aren't always as they seem.

0:47.0

On January 9th, 1968, a man was born who would, on the surface, seem like the only suspect

0:53.7

in a mysterious fire that killed his children.

0:57.0

But as the years went by and evidence became more clear, his level of guilt would change in the eyes of many.

1:05.0

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:14.8

On December 23, 1991, neighbors living in Corsicana neighborhood of Northeastern Texas, almost all at once,

1:22.9

tilted their heads up at the increasingly strong scent of smoke that was, upon further investigation,

1:29.2

coming from the one-story home of the Willingham family. As some rushed over to see what was

1:34.6

going on, they were greeted by the sight of Cameron Todd Willingham, standing on the front porch

1:40.0

in just a pair of blue jeans, chest stained with soot, and screaming, my babies are burning up.

1:47.3

That's when everyone realized, to their horror, that one-year-old twins, Carmen and Cameron,

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