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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 155 - Deadly Shame - In A Not So Perfect World

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

themindsofmadness

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.46.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

July 28th, 2019, was the day Menhaz Zaman was supposed to be graduating from Canada’s York University. Instead police were on their way to his parents home for a welfare check.

The call had been made by members of an online community after he’d sent them disturbing photos.

When police arrived, a young man answered the door calmly. But what lay within the home revealed the true chaos that had erupted within his mind.

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Research & Writing:
Nicole Colin & Katherine Thomas - Epigram Literary Group

Special thanks to:
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Sources:
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crimetraveller.org
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independent.co.uk March 12, 2022, Clemence Michallon
windsorstar.com Aug 3, 2019, Lidia Abraha
nationalpost.com July 30, 2019, Emerald Bensadoun
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Perfect World: A Deadly Game

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, Patrick from the podcast True Crime Obsessed here.

0:06.1

We're so excited to tell you that the Obsessed Network has helped publish the audiobook of

0:10.7

Motor Spirit written by Jared Cobak.

0:13.8

Let's go back to 1969 when Evil was lurking in California.

0:18.4

He called himself Zodiac, a murderer, a ghost haunting the San Francisco Bay area.

0:24.6

In Motor Spirit, we descend into the California underworld, down in the depths of Zodiac,

0:29.9

telling the story of the Zodiac murders in a way that's never been done before.

0:34.1

Returning to original sources like newspapers and police reports and small press publications

0:39.1

with extensive literary analysis of Zodiac's letters, Motor Spirit offers a history that

0:44.9

decodes the mystery.

0:46.8

We find a Zodiac who embodies the chaos and catastrophes of the American Promised Land.

0:52.0

It's the portrait of a killer of a place and of a state of mind.

0:56.5

Motor Spirit is now available on Audible, voiced by if Jenny a ball.

1:01.3

So if you're looking for your next great True Crime Listen, we hope you'll check it out.

1:05.4

The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the

1:17.9

minds of Madness Podcast.

1:19.9

Listener discretion is advised.

1:47.9

July 28, 2019.

2:04.4

What's the day men has, Simone, was supposed to be graduating from Canada's York University.

2:10.1

Instead, police were on their way to his parents' home for a welfare check.

2:14.4

The call been made by members of an online community after he'd sent them disturbing

2:19.3

photos.

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