Episode 135 - The Vampire King: Marcus Wesson

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True Crime

4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On 12 March 2004, police walked into an office building in Fresno, California and found the bodies of 9 women and children; they had each been shot once in the eye. It was discovered that all of the victims shared the same biological father, a man named Marcus Wesson - but this man was also all of their “husbands”.

This shocking find unravelled a twisted tale of incest, abuse, rape and vampires...

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References:

https://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/West/03/13/dyer/

https://web.archive.org/web/20110629173508/http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_56211e32-4220-5599-8ac5-ca69aa648a91.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/22/wesson/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/many-questions-in-fresno-slayings/

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4518675/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/suspect-nine-slayings-had-hold-over-women/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dad-guilty-of-killing-his-9-kids/

https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-surviving-family-speaks-abuse/story?id=11089648&singlePage=true

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/16/us/fresno-victims-were-shot-police-report.html?pagewanted=1Fresno

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/will-jerry-brown-commute-sentences-of-every-death-row-inmate-in-one-of-his-last-acts-as-california-governor

https://www.religionnewsblog.com/11195/wesson-niece-tells-court-about-molestation

https://truecrimeseven.com/marcus-wesson-the-horrific-true-story-behind-fresnos-worst-mass-murderer/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/marcus-wesson

https://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/22/wesson/

https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-surviving-family-speaks-abuse/story?id=11089648

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0:18.5	I'm Hannah. I'm Zooty. And welcome to this week's Redhanded before we kick off with
0:23.9	the probably the grossest case we've done in quite some time. We're doing a live show in April.
0:28.9	Where are we now February? It's coming up in a couple of months. It's going to be a
0:32.9	Wilton's Music Hall, which is a stunning venue and it's part of podcast live,
0:37.9	Cologne Crime. And there'll be us and like a couple of other shows. And even if you're
0:41.9	like, I really give a shit about seeing you guys live, just come for the venue. It's so pretty.
0:46.9	I'm really. Come for the crime. Stay for the venue.
0:49.9	Exactly. Maybe come for the venue. Stay for the crime. You know, people who aren't
0:54.9	even into crime bring them because they'll fucking love the venue. It's so beautiful.
0:58.9	It's on all those like time out lists of like secret date spots. Not that I have
1:03.9	ever had a date there, but it's on there. My friend got married there. So they do do all of that.
1:07.9	It's the best kind of date. It's in the East End. It's one of the last standing music
1:11.9	halls in the country, like the original music halls from the days of your.
1:16.9	And it is very beautiful. So come and have a look at that and also us. And we will
1:20.9	leave you a link for the tickets in the episode description. It is on the 7th of April.
1:25.9	Fucking now. You can tell I haven't plugged a live show in a while. Jesus.
1:28.9	Blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah. Yeah. Buy your tickets.
1:33.9	You guys get it. The links in the episode description. All the information you need is there.
1:37.9	We're going to be there. That's all you need to know. Other than that, one other
1:40.9	announcement before we head on with today's stomach churning case is a $10
1:46.9	up patrons or potential $10 up patrons. You will see that you have had that we have
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