DEATH ON OCEAN BOULEVARD-Caitlin Rother
True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History
Dan Zupansky
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🗓️ 12 May 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
The call came on the morning of July 13, 2011, from the historic Spreckels Mansion, a lavish beachfront property in Coronado, California, owned by pharmaceutical tycoon and multimillionaire Jonah Shacknai. When authorities arrived, they found the naked body of Jonah's girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau, gagged, her ankles tied and her wrists bound behind her. Jonah's brother, Adam, claimed to have found Rebecca hanging by a rope from the second-floor balcony. On a bedroom door in black paint were the cryptic words: SHE SAVED HIM CAN YOU SAVE HER.
Was this scrawled message a suicide note or a killer's taunt? Rebecca's death came two days after Jonah's six-year-old son, Max, took a devastating fall while in Rebecca's care. Authorities deemed Rebecca's death a suicide resulting from her guilt. But who would stage either a suicide or a murder in such a bizarre, elaborate way?
Award-winning investigative journalist Caitlin Rother weaves stunning new details into a personal yet objective examination of the sensational case. She explores its many layers--including the civil suit in which a jury found Adam Shacknai responsible for Rebecca's death, and the San Diego County Sheriff's Department bombshell decision to reconfirm its original findings. As compelling as it is troubling, this controversial real-life mystery is a classic American tragedy that evokes the same haunting fascination as the JonBenet Ramsey and O.J. Simpson cases. DEATH ON OCEAN BOULEVARD: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case-Caitlin Rother
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in True Crime History, |
| 0:13.3 | and the authors that have written about them. |
| 0:16.1 | Gacy, Bundy, Domer, The Night Stalker, B.C.K. |
| 0:21.4 | Every week, another fascinating author talking about the most shocking and infamous killers |
| 0:26.1 | in True Crime History. |
| 0:28.1 | True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufantke. |
| 0:35.1 | Good evening. |
| 0:43.9 | I got a call. |
| 0:46.2 | I got a girl hung herself in the guest house. |
| 0:49.6 | The call came on the morning of July 13, 2011 from the historic Spreckles Mansion, |
| 0:55.0 | a lavish beachfront property in Coronado, California, owned by pharmaceutical tycoon and multi-millionaire |
| 1:01.4 | Jonah Shacknay. |
| 1:03.8 | When authorities arrived, they found the naked body of Jonah's girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau, |
| 1:08.0 | Gage, her ankles tied in a wrist bound behind her. |
| 1:12.0 | Jonah's brother, Adam, claimed to have found Rebecca hanging by a rope from the second floor |
| 1:16.8 | balcony. |
| 1:18.4 | On a bedroom door in black paint with a cryptic words, she saved him. |
| 1:23.1 | When you save her, was this scrawled message a suicide note or a killer's taunt? |
| 1:29.0 | Rebecca's death came two days after Jonah's six-year-old fun max took a devastating fall |
| 1:34.4 | while in Rebecca's care. |
| 1:37.4 | Authorities deemed Rebecca's death a suicide resulting from her guilt. |
| 1:42.2 | But who would stage either a suicide or a murder in such a bizarre, elaborate way? |
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