It’s Gotta be a Proclivity Toward Inauthenticity that Ignites the Burning Rage of Life Inside a Cage: Travis the Chimp

Cold Case Murder Mysteries

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3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

On the afternoon of February 16, 2009, a 70-year-old woman named Sandra Herold called 911 in Stamford, CT to report her 200-lb. chimp, Travis, had gone on a rampage outside her home, and was eating her friend, 55-year-old Charla Nash. The docile primate, who had been raised by humans and socialized among the public, from starring in TV commercials and print advertisements to making special appearances, had never harmed a fly.

But something changed. And Travis snapped. The question is why.

Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological exploration of the evolutionary divide between humans and wild animals that leads to these tragedies.

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0:00.0	Stand for 911, where's your emergency?
0:02.0	This is Haiti.
0:04.0	For pretty one work.
0:06.0	Talk criminal road.
0:08.0	What's the problem?
0:10.0	Send the police. What's the problem there?
0:12.0	Yes. What's the problem there? The kids kill my friend.
0:17.0	What's the problem with your friend?
0:20.0	Please.
0:21.0	What's the problem with your friend? I need to know.
0:23.0	The police stop with a gun, with a gun.
0:26.0	Hurry up!
0:28.0	Please, hurry up! He's killing my girlfriend!
0:31.0	What is the problem? He's killing my girlfriend. What is the problem?
0:33.4	He's killing my friend.
0:34.8	Who's killing your friend?
0:36.0	My chimpanzee?
0:37.7	Oh, your chimpanzee is killing your friend.
0:39.8	Yes.
0:40.8	He wrecked their part.
0:42.2	Hurry up!, hurry up,
0:43.0	hurry up, please!
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