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killers in true crime history. True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan

Zupansky.

Good evening, this is your host, Dan Zupansky, for the program True Murder, the most shocking

killers in true crime history and the authors that have written about them. On December 28,

2000, the city of Philadelphia experienced the worst mass murder in its 300-year history.

Ten people were viciously gunned down in a dilapidated crack house in the Mill Creek section

of West Philly. The community was scared and outraged. City officials demanded a swift

resolution. Within days and under an avalanche of pressure, the police obtained a confession

and the case was cracked. Four local young men were arrested in charge with seven counts

of first-degree murder, attempted murder robbery and related offenses. The District Attorney's

Office vowed to seek the death penalty for what appeared to be an open and shot case.

After 15 months of preparation, when the trial was less than three months away, however,

the case took a major turn in a completely different direction. The whole world was watching

and awaiting the prosecution team's next move. Equal verdicts chronicles the investigation

of the grizzly slaying from the night of the murders until the conclusion of the case.

The author interviewed suspects, lawyers, judges and reporters to get a firsthand account

of what really occurred during the proceedings. Exclusive police interrogations of the murderers,

jailhouse snitches and correction guards are recorded, which adds mystery to the already

petrifying saga. Ultimately, more shocking than the murders was the most motive. Most

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