Matthew Milat: Keeping Murder in the Family

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs into the case of Matthew Milat. In his early teen years, Matthew harbored an unhealthy obsession with his uncle -- Ivan Milat, the notorious "Backpack Murderer" of Australia. In 2010, Matthew decided to follow in Ivan's footsteps by killing his own friend. Candice explores Matthew's descent into idolizing his murderous uncle, and how a seemingly normal teenager turned into a cold-blooded killer.

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0:00.0	Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to Killer Psyche early and ad free right now.
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0:19.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone. Please be advised. 1991 was a huge year for Chicago Bulls basketball player Michael Jordan.
0:36.2	In June, the Bulls had won their first national championship in no small part thanks to Jordan and that same year he won his second NBA
0:47.2	most valuable player award. Jordan's talent and personality had already made him a global superstar and he was
0:56.1	sponsored by some big name brands including Nike and McDonald's.
1:01.4	In August, Jordan added another sponsor to his roster, the Electrolyte Beverage
1:07.0	Gatorie, who launched an advertising campaign around the slogan, Be Like Mike. The first commercial featured some of
1:15.9	Jordan's professional highlights mixed in with him playing basketball with the
1:20.7	kids in the neighborhood and having fun.
1:23.0	And of course, drinking gator aid.
1:26.0	The song in the ad was sung by adults and children,
1:30.0	and the lyrics were about
1:32.0	dreaming big, dreaming that you could be a superstar just like Michael Jordan,
1:38.0	that everyone wanted to be like Mike. But as we all know, not everyone wanted to be like him or the positive talented
1:47.4	role model that he represented. In fact, Australian Matthew Mulot went in the opposite direction,
1:55.0	designating his uncle as his role model.
2:00.0	And that would not have been a problem, except that its uncle was Ivan Milot,
2:05.7	the infamous backpack serial killer.
2:09.0	And Matthew was determined to be like him in every way.
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2:24.4	This season we opened the file on Oleg Penkovsky,
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