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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT -Brian McDonald

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2010

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

The affluent suburb of Cheshire, Connecticut, seemed like the perfect place for Dr. William Petit and his wife Jennifer-Hawke-Petit to raise their two lovely daughters...Until July 23, 2007, when according to police, two ex-cons invaded the Petit home hoping to embark on a routine robbery-one that would ultimately prove deadly.
What unfolded at 300 Sorghum Mill Drive was a tragic and horrifying sequence of events that shocked a community and made headlines across the nation. Before the morning was over, Mrs. Hawke Petit and one of her daughters would be sexually assaulted, the entire house would go up in flames, and only Dr. Petit-his head bloodied, his legs bound-would manage to escape with his life. With the help of neighbors and local police, the two suspects were soon captured. Now Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes await trial for murder. IN THE NIDDLE OF THE NIGHT-Brian McDonald

Transcript

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history and the authors that have written about them.

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Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.

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True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufanski.

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Good evening, this is the program True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history and the authors that have written about them with your host, Dan Zufanski.

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The affluent suburb of Chessar Connecticut seemed like the perfect place for Dr. William Pettit and his wife, Jennifer Hawk Pettit, to raise their two lovely daughters.

2:04.0

Until July 23, 2007, when according to police two ex-cons invaded the Pettit home, hoping to embark on a routine robbery, one that would ultimately prove deadly.

2:15.0

What unfolded at 300 sorghum mill drive was a tragic and horrifying sequence of events that shocked the community and made headlines across the nation.

2:25.0

Before the morning was over, Mrs. Hawk Pettit and one of the daughters would be sexually assaulted and the entire house would go up in flames and only Dr. Pettit, his head bloodied, his legs bound, would manage to escape with his life.

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