Whatever it is I've done to you I probably deserve it. I've done some bad things.

On BBC I Player. For all it hurts you can't remember me. Maybe it's just as well.

Maybe it's time you find out who you really own.

Some things are best left buried.

Just happen what you want!

Wherever he is, I think that he's in trouble.

We will find your man, okay?

What is it that I've done?

That makes me the eye.

The Tourist.

You may not remember, but I do.

Watch all episodes on BBC I Player.

Today is Monday, December 16th, 2019.

On this day in 1989, Federal Judge Robert Vance opened a mail bomb delivered to his house.

The explosion killed him instantly. Welcome to Today in True Crime, a parcast original.

Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised. Extreme

caution is advised for listeners under 13. Today we're covering Judge Vance's

death after he opened a plain unmarked package that contained a bomb.

Let's go back to a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama on December 16th, 1989 in the early afternoon. Temperatures weren't predicted to rise above freezing and the strong gusts

showed no signs of dying down. Days like this made Robert Vance all the more eager to sit by a

crackling fire and enjoy the toasty warmth of his home. He'd already spent the morning handling chores outside. The wind had cut through his

jacket, leaving his skin red and chilled. But the gusts hadn't disturbed the weak old snow, which had frozen into a hard pack.

...