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The Gist

Michael Jackson's Confusing Legacy

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Despite numerous allegations of child abuse in the years before his death, Michael Jackson's songs can still get you tapping your foot. It can feel confusing, but luckily we have Leon Neyfakh on the show today to explain Jackson's confusing place in pop culture and his new Audible Originals series Think Twice: Michael Jackson. Plus, at long last, our latest installment of "Names In The News." Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara  Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com  To advertise on the show: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist  Subscribe to our ad-free and/or PescaPlus versions of The Gist: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/  Follow Mike's Substack: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's Friday, May 12, 2023 from Peachfish Productions. It's The Gist I'm Mike Pesca.

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And in January of 1997, an Oklahoma man was bludgeoned to death while being robbed by a meth addict.

0:56.0

The killer who used a baseball bat was named Justin Sneed. Oklahoma is seeking the death penalty.

1:03.0

But not for Sneed was the only other person in the room with the victim.

1:07.0

On death row is Richard Glossop, who police say told Sneed to bludgeon the victim, the confession was iffy, the investigation spotty, the evidence poultry.

1:17.0

But still, Oklahoma pressed on until now the attorney general of Oklahoma has relented.

1:24.0

Asking the Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution, the AG submitting that request.

1:31.0

Oklahoma's attorney general Gettner Drummond looking to stop the execution.

1:35.0

Attorney general Gettner Drummond. And Gettner Drummond is a name in the news.

1:43.0

Names in the news. Names in the news. Names in the news. Names in the news. Names in the news. Names in the news.

1:52.0

All right. Sticking with serial killer names in the news, Carlos Dominguez, he's not the newsworthy name,

1:58.0

but he certainly is a dastardly sort. He stabbed three people in Davis, California to died.

2:03.0

So Davis is the city and also the name of the UC campus that Dominguez attended until right before his spade of

2:10.0

stabbings. But what interested me was the name of the county where these deadly acts occurred.

2:16.0

If you missed it from ABC 10 news. And he's now an accused serial killer.

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