Farmville Murders

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Joe Kuner

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4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Farmville is a sleepy, small town of 8000 people located just in the center of Virginia. It is one of those places where you can really say, "nothing ever happens." Or at least that's how it used to be before fall 2009.
That September, residents of Farmville were left horrified when the bodies of a local college professor, a church minister, and two teenage girls were found bludgeoned to death. The shock was not eased when police discovered the murderer was just a teenaged boy, an aspiring horrorcore rapper called Syko Sam.
Trying to make sense out of such a brutal crime, many were quick to blame the music genre and its dark, violent lyrics, which incorporate themes such as death, murder, suicide, and mental illness.
But can you really use music as a scapegoat, or should we keep our focus on the perpetrator themself? In this case, on the man behind his artist name, 20-year-old Richard McCroskey.

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0:00.0	The following subject matter is real and only intended for mature audiences.
0:06.5	Discretion is advised.
0:09.2	People are dead after deputies say a man went on a shooting rampage.
0:13.2	I knew a week before she died was going to kill her.
0:16.3	I can tell you the scene out there is absolutely horrific.
0:19.0	Nobody knows where this individual may strike next.
0:24.2	This is 10-minute murder.
0:27.1	Hi there. Welcome. I'm Joe, the host, and thank you for joining today.
0:31.4	Of the 1.2 million true crime podcasts out there, you chose this one to listen to today, and I appreciate it. But there is a
0:38.9	chance that if you hear me say what I'm about to say, you aren't going to want to listen anymore.
0:43.7	And that's fine. We all have different opinions, different perspectives, and different life experiences.
0:49.4	And this is going to be potentially politically incorrect. And it might cause problems for me personally, but know
0:55.5	that I mean no disrespect. I just feel like I should say publicly what I've said privately for a long
1:00.8	time. And that is, receiving presence from people is stressful, especially if you have to open them
1:07.2	in front of whoever gave it to you. They're looking at your face for a reaction to see if you like whatever it is, and if you like me, I could be in a fantastic mood, but my face looks like I'm working out math equations in my head. So what I'm saying is that giving gifts is problematic unless you handle it correctly. And be mindful of that as we are in the gift giving season right now. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
1:28.2	Honestly, it's one of the most awkward things ever when someone gives you a gift and just stands there and stares at you. I mean, I appreciate it. I appreciate the gift, but stop looking at me. If I don't like it, I'm just going to lie to your face, so do us both a favor and don't let me do that. Okay, I'm done. Let's get to today's story.
1:27.0	Farmville is a sleepy small town of 8,000
1:46.8	people located just in the center of Virginia. And maybe right now is the first time you're hearing
1:52.2	about Farmville not being associated with a Facebook game. This is a real place, and one of those
1:58.2	places where you would usually say nothing ever happens,
2:01.7	or at least how it used to be, before the fall of 2009. That September, residents of
2:07.0	Farmville were left horrified when the bodies of a local college professor, a church minister,
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