Love Bomb: The Murder of Marcus Toney, Pt. 1

True Crime Campfire

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 24 April 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Identity. The core of who we are. For some of us, we’re connected to it from our earliest days onward. Our interests may change, but our core never does. For others, identity is more fluid. We may change because of the people we encounter, the things we experience, the lessons we learn. Some of us are never in any doubt about who we are. For others, it’s a lifelong journey to find out. But whichever category we fall into, identity is central to being. Unfortunately, some people never develop their own identity. For them, there is no core; there is no essential “I.” So they tend to be chameleons—whoever you want them to be. They may pick up and discard new identities as easily as some of us put on a new dress. This can make them very seductive…sometimes prone to seeing people as tools to help them get what they want…and sometimes, very dangerous.

Sources:

"Seduced" by Joy Bergmann. Chicago Reader, May 2002.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/seduced/Content?oid=908545
Oxygen's "Snapped: Killer Couples," Episode "Sienky Lallemand and Lisa Toney"
Investigation Discovery's "Wicked Attraction," Episode "Lust for Life"

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0:00.0	Hello, campers. Grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:05.0	We're your camp counselors. I'm Katie and I'm Whitney.
0:08.0	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction.
0:12.0	We're roasting murderers and marshmallows around the
0:13.8	true crime campfire.
0:17.0	Identity, the core of who we are.
0:25.0	For some of us, we're connected to it from our earliest days onward.
0:29.0	Our interests may change, but our core never does.
0:32.0	For others, identity is more fluid. We may change because of the people
0:36.4	we encounter, the things we experience, the lessons we learn. Some of us are never in any
0:41.4	doubt about who we are.
0:43.0	For others, it's a lifelong journey to find out.
0:46.0	But whichever category we fall into,
0:48.0	identity is central to being.
0:50.0	Unfortunately, some people never develop their own identity. For them, there is no core, there is no
0:56.2	essential eye. So they tend to be chameleons, whoever you want them to be. They may pick up
1:02.4	and discard new identities as easily as some
1:04.6	of us put on a new dress. This can make them very seductive, sometimes prone to
1:09.7	seeing people as tools to help them get what they want and sometimes very dangerous.
1:15.1	This is Lovebaum, the murder of Marcus Tony. So, campers, we're in Chicago, Illinois, my old city.
1:37.0	February 15, 2000, around 11 at night.
1:40.0	Residents of a small suburb jolted awake to a huge boom that shook their walls and rattled their windows and set off their car alarms.
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