Hey guys, welcome to episode 157 of the True Crime Couple podcast. Okay?

And I'm John. So we want to start off by wishing a happy 40th birthday to one of our listeners,

Marney. It was so cute of your boyfriend to reach out to us and we're so happy that we got to

help in making your birthday special. And to all of our listeners, we want to say thank you for being

amazing, for listening and reviewing and for being so kind. We love the community we have and I

can confidently say that I think we have the best audience of all time. I carefully curated

out of my listeners. I agree with that. I really do. And because you're also amazing, I think it's

time we just get into what you're here for. True crime. So John, are you ready to hear something

crazy? Let's do it. Beasts and Illinois is located just in the center of the state within Logan

County and is without a doubt the smallest town we have ever covered. Covering an area just shy

of half of a square mile, its population has never exceeded 200 residents. At the time of the

murders, which was in 2009, their population was 186. And now it sits at 147. I know I have said

this time and time again. And if you listen to true crime podcasts, you've without a doubt heard

it at Nazim. But in the case of Beasts and no true or statement has ever been spoken. Everyone

knew everyone. How could you not? And like many small towns in America, residents stick around

and over time families become intertwined through marriage, which really increase the everyone

knows your business kind of vibe that Beasts and gives off. And nowhere else is the interconnectedness

of the town most illustrated than in the tragedy that befell it in the fall of 2009. When most

of the members of the G family were slaughtered mercilessly in their home, dropping the already

too small population down by five. Please say the suspect 31-year-old Jeffrey Dahmer has

confessed to the killings of 11 people whose remains were found in his apartment. We are all evil

in some form or another. Are we bad? Lock your doors, lock your windows. If you have the ability to

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