Stories of serial killers oftentimes peak the interest of the public.

The stories of how each victim died, the thought process of the murderer,

and even the story of how they were finally apprehended and brought to justice

are always key talking points.

However, sometimes it only takes a single murder to strike fear into the hearts of a population,

and the brutality and depravity of a single killing can be much more of a shocking event than the discovery of a serial killer.

In Spearfish, South Dakota, in the year 2000, a single horrifying murder did just that.

Warning, this episode contains descriptions of extremely violent and disturbing events.

Listener discretion is advised.

You're listening to Murder in America. Oh, Oh, you know, you.

You know. Oh, you. In a small town called Spearfish, South Dakota, lived the Pogue family.

David, the Patriarch, and Dottie thearch, along with their two teenage children,

Chester and Samantha. The family seemed to live a normal Midwestern life. They

were hard workers, attended church every Sunday, and they mostly kept to themselves and tended to their farm.

But a lot of times the perfect families aren't always so perfect.

Dottie and David didn't have the best marriage and in 1996 just days after Dottie presented

David with divorce papers he killed himself leaving a heart-stricken family in the

wake. This was hard on everyone but especially hard for their son Chester.

Chester was often bullied in school because of his father's suicide, his funny name, and for his appearance.

He was six-one slender with big round glasses and red hair he played the drums and liked woodwork and electronics

He looked like a sweet and innocent boy it wasn't easy for Chester to make friends but he was a good kid who just wanted to be

accepted Chester was relieved to graduate high school,

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