EP252: Murder for Hire?

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On July 18, 2014, around 11 am, Dan Markel was driving home, after dropping his two children off at preschool, and visiting the gym for a morning workout. Dan, a law professor at Florida State University, was in the middle of a bitter divorce and custody battle with his wife, Wendy Adelson (who ALSO was a law professor at FSU). Distracted because he was on a phone call while driving home, Dan didn't notice the silver-green Prius following him home. After pulling into his driveway, his neighbor heard a gunshot. Listen to this week's episode to hear what happened to Dan Markel and who was behind it (and it may not be who you think!)

SOURCES:
1) The 911 Call
2) Wendi Adelson’s First Reaction to Dan Markel Murder: Police Interview
3) The interrogations of Sherlock-Holmes-Like Professor Jeffrey Lacasse
4) Memorial Held for Slain FSU Law Professor Dan Markel
5) How Police Tracked Down and Caught 2 Suspected Hit Men in FSU Professor Murder Case
6) Documents detail potential links to Markel's in-laws
7) FSU professor Dan Markel's killing: Everything to know about the murder-for-hire case
8) More Disturbing Details About The Dan Markel Murder Case
9) New Suspect Arrested in 2014 Murder of Florida Professor Dan Markel
10) Who was Dan Markel? The Murder Victim at the Center of "Over My Dead Body"
11) FSU "About" page for Professor Jeffrey Lacasse
12) Mother accused of murder plot with son puts on shrieking show in court: ‘Oh my god’
13) See a timeline of key dates in the Dan Markel murder case
14) Hidden: A True Crime Podcast--"The Adelson Family & Murder of Dan Markel: FULL STORY & CASE UPDATE"

Transcript

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:21.4	Listener discretion is advised.
0:34.3	Hi, this is Tanya.
0:36.5	Hi, this is Shannon. And we are Crimes and Consequences, a is Tanya. Hi, this is Shannon.
0:37.9	And we are Crimes and Consequences, a hardcore true crime podcast.
0:44.6	Hey, Shannon.
0:46.3	Hey, Tanya.
0:47.2	How you doing?
0:48.2	I'm good.
0:49.0	How are you doing today?
0:50.7	I am doing pretty good.
0:53.1	How about you?
0:54.3	Life is a sweet fruit.
0:56.3	Yes, it is.
0:57.9	And family, oh, bring the flavor, don't they?
1:05.8	It's that time of year, right?
1:08.0	It is.
1:08.6	You're subjected to your family and, yeah. And surrounded and joy and love
1:14.1	and other things too. So but yeah. Yeah. You know, but I do, I have a funny story I want to tell you.
1:21.1	Okay. Let's hear it. All right. So Brooke and I, Brooke is my 22 year old daughter for those of you who
1:27.4	don't know. And she is 18 and a half weeks pregnant.
1:31.3	So, yes, I'm going to be a grandma.
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