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Welcome to True Crime Brewery.

I'm Jill.

And I'm Dick.

On May 20th, 1988, 30-year-old Lori Dan left poison snacks and juice boxes at several

houses, started a fire that nearly killed a mother and her two children, and she sprayed bullets inside of an elementary school classroom.

After years of living with a serious mental illness, she'd made a plan to hurt everyone she believed

had slided her, as well as others who were completely innocent.

But there had been signs that Lori was a danger to herself and others. In fact in hindsight

her rampage was entirely predictable. Join us at the quiet end for a ticking time

bomb, Lori Dan. Lori grew up as an awkward child whose parents made perfunctory and misguided efforts at helping her.

As an adult, her so-called quirks progressed into full-blown psychotic episodes.

But for a variety of reasons,

Lori never received the intensive psychiatric treatment

that she needed,

and this left the lives of everyone in her path at risk. But what could

have been done to stop her? Let's talk it out over a cold brew. Okay, I've got a

good one for you. I've been waiting for a Illinois case because I wanted to review

a bourbon county brand stout from Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago. This is one of the best

beers you'll ever drink, kitties. It's an imperial stout. It's a big heavy hitter 14.7% alcohol by volume.

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