Cranial Metaphors About Open Garage Doors & Other Strange Thoughts on the Psychological Tariff Imposed by Austin Harrouff

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🗓️ 21 February 2019

⏱️ 147 minutes

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August 15, 2016 - A Tequesta, FL couple sat watching TV in their garage on a hot summer night like any other. It was a normal routine for them, one they tended to repeat every evening, taking advantage of a cool nighttime breeze and conversation with neighbors. But little did they know this night would be their last. Within moments, the couple was attacked by a strange young man who suddenly entered their garage looking confused and on the verge of violence. Within minutes, two people would be dead, another would suffer serious stab wounds, and the perpetrator would be feeding on someone's face as the police tried everything they could to stop him. In the end, we're left with but one question: why? Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological deconstruction of American middle-class values to unearth the seed from which these alarming incidents grow.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome back to Cole Case Murder Mysteries. I'm your host Ryan Kraus
0:09.9	back in the driver's seat once again to take you inside the strange and fascinating mind,
0:15.0	a vicious teen killer Austin Harif.
0:18.6	The 19-year-old Florida State University student rose to infamy on the evening of August 15th, 2016, when he abruptly
0:26.1	got up and left dinner with family at a local restaurant, and proceeded to vanish for approximately
0:31.5	four hours, walking the streets aimlessly,
0:35.0	before happening upon the home of a couple in their 50s,
0:38.0	John Stevens, and Michelle Michon,
0:41.0	whom he noticed watching TV in their garage through the open door.
0:45.8	For some reason unbeknownst to anyone outside of Austin himself, he decided to enter the
0:51.3	garage and brutally murder the couple, utilizing an array of instruments in the process,
0:57.6	from his fist to a machete to a screwdriver and more,
1:02.2	before inexplicably trying to chew off the side of John's face
1:06.9	as police arrived to stop him.
1:09.9	It was a nearly unspeakable act of violence, perpetrated for reason society is unable to comprehend
1:16.7	within the framework of sound logic. Austin had no connection to the people. There was no altercation between them at the time, or even an exchange of looks that might have led to a misunderstanding.
1:28.0	At the same time, they weren't targeted until the moment Austin walked past their home and saw them.
1:35.0	Their house was never his destination, but that's where he stopped.
1:39.5	In fact, we know he didn't have a destination. He left the restaurant a first time and went to his mother's house.
1:47.0	But she just took him back to the dinner before he left again.
1:51.0	That time, he didn't have anywhere to go. So Austin walked without direction, but still
1:58.1	looking for something he couldn't define. That means he would know it when he sees it. It was that type of his situation.
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