Kenneth, what is the frequency? - William Tager

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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This episode explores the bizarre case of William Tager, the man who fatally shot a stagehand outside the NBC studios in 1994. The true crime story is infamous for Tager's confession to also being the attacker who assaulted CBS anchor Dan Rather in 1986, repeatedly asking: "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" We detail Tager's mental delusions—including his claims of being a time traveler—and his subsequent conviction, examining how his violent acts connected two major media incidents and became a lasting cultural phenomenon.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, igniting conversation.
0:12.3	Welcome to trick on to go. What can I get for you?
0:16.2	Let's see if you can solve this riddle.
0:18.5	What does Dan Rather, the Rockefeller Studio and a serial killer have in common?
0:24.5	Pull up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:32.2	Welcome to True Crime to Go.
0:34.2	I am John here with Jamie.
0:36.8	Feels like we're going to be talking about Garth Brooks
0:38.8	and all of his murders. What's happening? Man, I would love to talk about that. In case people
0:43.2	haven't heard that theory, somebody tracked down a list of murders that happened that correlate
0:49.0	with Garth Brooks's touring schedule completely, or specifically the 90s and it's a it's certainly an
0:56.3	interesting correlation. I don't I don't buy it. I don't think he killed people but I mean I can see
1:02.5	the the obvious link there but that's not while we're talking about today. We're talking about a
1:08.5	separate individual that ended up I I mean, doing some awful things
1:14.8	and was ultimately tied back to a very interesting situation with Dan Rather.
1:21.3	I am completely not familiar by this.
1:24.4	So how about you get the ball rolling, man?
1:26.5	All right.
1:30.3	Let's go back to the year 1994. That's when a man named William Tager murdered a stagehand outside of the Today Show Studios in
1:41.0	New York City. He became well known for this murder, but the fascinating part to me is when he was
1:48.1	linked back to a potential assault on CBS news anchor Dan Rather.
1:54.3	You remember Dan Rather?
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