10-minute murder contains depictions of violence that some listeners may find disturbing.

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now, and that ensures that you won't miss any episodes in the future. And today, the story is

sad, completely crazy, and brutal. I know you heard

the warning at the start, but this is going to be unlike any that I've told before. And if you

like me, you'll be randomly thinking about it for days. It's a story about a family cult,

vampire Jesus, and the murder of nine people by Marcus Wesson.

March 12, 2004.

Officers are called to a rundown office building on West Hamon Avenue in Fresno, California.

A full-blown custody argument is in progress.

Police see hundreds of domestic calls a day in nearly every city in the country, so it's nothing new, but every case is a little bit different. On this call,

officers speak to Safina Solorio and Ruby Ortiz. They say that their children are being held inside

by their uncle, Marcus Wesson, and he's going to hurt them.

Their panic is only amplified by the other family members that have gathered around them.

They seem to know something that the police don't know.

Trying to resolve the situation, police knock on the door to the sketchy office building where they are

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