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It's usually here at the start of each episode that I ask you a question, a question that

may be attempts to get you to put yourself into the minds of a victim or of their family

members. Something to immerse you in this case, but there's nothing I can say on this episode

that can really relate you to this story, because it's tragically unique and wild. Literally wild.

I'm Naomi Channel and this is real.

Music I'm Naomi Channel and this is real. Today's case starts in Zanesville, Ohio and centres around a man called Terry Thompson.

In 2011, Terry was 62 years old and married to Marion, but their relationship was going through a tough patch,

and they had separated. Terry was a Vietnam War veteran, and through his life he'd had a few brushes with the law, mostly surrounding unpaid taxes and gun charges. He had been a door gunner

on a helicopter in the Vietnam War, which meant that he

would be poised with a gun at the door of the aircraft, whilst they picked up and dropped off soldiers

in areas that were under attack. This was one of the most dangerous positions to be in during the

war, and his friends and family

noticed a significant change in his personality once he returned from duty.

But before he went into the war, he was described as outgoing, but when he returned, he became reclusive, and he was described as a loner.

There was a belief that Terry had been exposed to a toxin that was used in the war called

Agent Orange and it had caused him psychological damage.

The toxin was dioxin and it was believed to have affected over 3 million people in Vietnam,

and causing over 150,000 birth defects in newborn babies.

When he returned from the war, he and his wife Marion opened a bike shop.

Terry looked like a very average American middle-aged man, but his lifestyle was

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