Innocence Destroyed: The Wesson Family Horror Day 9: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

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🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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On the 9th Nightmare Before Christmas... On the afternoon of March 12, 2004, a quiet Fresno street exploded with panic. Twenty-five-year-old Sofina Solorio stood outside the boarded-up home where she’d once lived, screaming for Marcus Wesson to release her children. Her cousin, Ruby Ortiz, shouted beside her. Both women had grown up under Wesson’s rule. Both had borne him children. Now they wanted them back. Relatives crowded the curb, furious and ready to force their way in. Inside, Wesson’s family gathered at the windows, shouting back with a strange, fevered devotion. “Judas! Judas!” “Bow down to your master!” When Fresno police arrived, the chaos only deepened. At the center stood Marcus Wesson, fifty-seven, nearly 300 pounds, his graying dreadlocks hanging to his knees. He was eerily calm, answering questions in a soft, measured voice. Officers believed they were dealing with a tense custody dispute. Then Wesson asked for one thing: to say goodbye to the children. He closed the door behind him. Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled "Innocence Destroyed: The Wesson Family Horror." Thank you to our fantastic team: Listener discretion by Edward October @octoberpodVHS. Executive Producer/Music @theinkypawprint. Sources: https://www.crimelibrary.org/noto rious_murders/family/marcus_wesson/13.html https://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/22/wesson/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/many-questions-in-fresno-slayings/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190827142254/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jun-30-me-wesson30-story.html https://abc30.com/post/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-children-killed-convicted-murderer/14518182/ https://abc7.com/archive/7540458/ https://www.amazon.com/Marcus-Wesson-Horrific-Fresnos-Murderer/dp/1703797760 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jury-gives-death-to-killer-dad/ https://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/22/wesson/ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/will-jerry-brown-commute-sentences-of-every-death-row-inmate-in-one-of-his-last-acts-as-california-governor https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/justice-story-vampire-king-article-1.1621606 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dad-guilty-of-killing-his-9-kids/ http://www.daily-journal.com/life/wesson-massacre-largely-forgotten/article_389f9b7f-4237-511d-a6b7-b003bddc088a.html https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-surviving-family-speaks-abuse/story?id=11089648 https://abc30.com/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-children-killed-convicted-murderer/14518182 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Based on the worldwide best-selling novel.
0:02.0	Why do you want this job?
0:03.0	I really enjoy being a housemaid. This Christmas. Would you like the Grand Tour? See what you're getting yourself into? Discover what lies. I don't know what's been going on with her lately. Behind closed doors. I need this job. I do not want to go back. Sydney Sweeney. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred. What kind of monsters are we?
0:23.0	I want you to feel scary. back. Sydney Sweeney. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred.
0:23.0	What kind of monsters are we?
0:25.4	I want you to feel safe here.
0:26.4	The House Maid.
0:29.8	In Cinema's Everywhere, Boxing Day, see it first with previews from December 22.
0:34.0	Hey there, I'm Susie, and I'm the host of Beyond the Ferns podcast.
0:38.7	Each week, I take you beyond the headlines into the stories that linger long after the news fades, from chilling true crime and unsolved cold cases to paranormal
0:44.8	encounters, cults, and extraordinary survival stories. It's a little bit of everything for everyone.
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1:14.8	October, host of October pod on YouTube. Hear that jingle jingle? It could be Chris
1:22.6	Kringle, or a home invader looking for an open window, a jilted lover looking for revenge,
1:29.0	or a disgruntled coworker hoping to spike your eggnog with arsenic.
1:34.1	The girls of our true crime podcast are always on Santa's nice list,
1:39.5	but the crimes they discuss are very naughty indeed.
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