How Far Would You Go For a "Happy Life"? - August 5 2024

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🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:06.0	We have a weird homicide.
0:08.8	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:12.0	A cup of murder...
0:15.0	How far are you willing to go to achieve happiness?
0:18.8	On August 5th, 2001, a man died in prison, having admitted to the deadly
0:23.9	lengths he would go to secure a happy life for himself at any cost. So if you like your coffee hot,
0:32.5	but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
0:44.4	Robert Spangler, born January 10th, 1933, was raised in Ames, Iowa.
0:51.1	With the Iowa State University Laboratory named after his father, Robert seemed to have a pretty normal childhood, complete with high school football games, and
0:55.2	marrying his sweetheart.
0:57.2	Moving to Littleton, Colorado in 1955, Robert and Nancy Spangler had a son David in 1961
1:04.5	and a daughter Susan in 1963.
1:09.3	By 1978, he was working for the American Waterworks Company after a series of other jobs,
1:15.2	and in his free time, took part in the theater as an actor.
1:20.5	Nothing alarming could be found if he looked at his life, at least prior to December of 1978.
1:28.4	On December 30th, a young man named Timothy Trevethic knocked on the door of the Spangler residence looking for his 15-year-old girlfriend, Susan.
1:37.9	He knew that both her brother and mother should be home too, and thought it was odd when no one came to the door to let him inside.
1:46.3	Figuring they might still be sleeping, he knocked even harder, and then more insistently.
1:53.1	Still, there was no answer. Now getting a little bit worried, Timothy walked around the back of the
1:59.7	house and found that that door
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