You hear the shotgun clicking and I'm going.

Ten-minute murder contains depictions of actual crimes.

What you are about to hear is real and violent in nature.

Discretion is advised.

This is 10-minute murder.

Welcome to the brief and bingeable true crime podcast, 10-minute murder.

I'm Joe, and thanks for being here.

And thank you, by the way, for the huge amount of positive response

about the Halloween special episode on John Wayne Gacy.

The show is called 10-minute murder, and then I went and dropped a 45-minute episode on you.

And you all were pretty cool about it, so thanks.

And since we've all had a pretty stress-free and easy-going year so far,

I thought I'd hit you with a controversial one today.

Unless you're from Texas, you might not be aware of this case.

Joe Horn killed two burglars after being told by a 911

dispatcher not to interfere. Is it murder or justifiable homicide? You'll hear it as it happens so you can

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Now, let's talk about Joe Horn.

Joe Horn is a native of Houston, where he took an early retirement from AT&T as a computer programmer

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