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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

COUPLE FOUND SLAIN-Mikita Brottman

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

Dan Zupansky

News, News Commentary, True Crime, History

4.02.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On February 21, 1992, 22-year-old Brian Bechtold walked into a police station in Port St. Joe, Florida and confessed that he’d shot and killed his parents in their family home in Silver Spring, Maryland. He said he’d been possessed by the devil. He was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and ruled “not criminally responsible” for the murders on grounds of insanity.

But after the trial, where do the "criminally insane" go? Brottman reveals Brian's inner life leading up to the murder, as well as his complicated afterlife in a maximum security psychiatric hospital, where he is neither imprisoned nor free. During his 27 years at the hospital, Brian has tried to escape and been shot by police, and has witnessed three patient-on-patient murders. He’s experienced the drugging of patients beyond recognition, a sadistic system of rewards and punishments, and the short-lived reign of a crazed psychiatrist-turned-stalker.

In the tradition of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Couple Found Slain is an insider’s account of life in the underworld of forensic psych wards in America and the forgotten lives of those held there, often indefinitely. COUPLE FOUND SLAIN: After A Family Murder-Mikita Brottman Follow and comment on Facebook-TRUE MURDER: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064697978510Check out TRUE MURDER PODCAST @ truemurderpodcast.com

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True Murder with your host, journalist and author Dan Zufantki.

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Good evening. On February 21st 1992, 22-year-old Brian Bechtold

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walked into a police station in Port St. Joe, Florida and confessed that he'd shot and killed his parents in their family home in Silver Spring, Maryland.

1:53.0

He said he'd been possessed by the devil. He was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and ruled not criminally responsible for the murders on grounds of insanity.

2:04.0

But after the trial where did the criminally insane go?

2:09.0

McEed Abrotman reveals Brian's inner life leading up to the murder as well as his complicated afterlife in a maximum security psychiatric hospital,

2:19.0

where he is neither imprisoned nor free. During his 27 years at the hospital, Brian has tried to escape and been shot by police

2:28.0

and has witnessed three patient on patient murders.

2:32.0

He's experienced the drugging of patients beyond recognition, a sadistic system of rewards and punishments,

2:40.0

and the short-lived reign of a crazed psychiatrist, turned stalker.

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