Military Madness: Quincy Brown, Elise Makdessi and Eddie Makdessi
LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
When a couple is attacked in their own home, the husband responds with lethal force, leaving two people dead. The crime is heinous but appears, based on evidence, to be straightforward at first. That is until a video emerges that speaks to a shocking motive and potential military conspiracy.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Jesse. |
| 0:00.9 | Last week was Selma and Louise as a love murder show. |
| 0:04.6 | What's the story this time around? |
| 0:06.2 | When a couple is attacked in their own home, the husband responds with lethal force, leaving two people dead. |
| 0:11.8 | The crime is heinous, but based on evidence appears to be straightforward at first. |
| 0:18.3 | That is, until a video emerges that speaks to a shocking motive and a |
| 0:22.9 | potential military conspiracy. I'm Andy Cosette, and I'm Jesse Pre. Welcome back everyone to Love Murder, a podcast about cheap wine, bad |
| 1:00.4 | signs, and love gone fatally wrong. You can find Love Murder on TikTok and Instagram at Love Murder |
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| 1:26.0 | This week, as always, we are so excited to shout |
| 1:28.5 | out an amazing new set of patrons. So a big old thank you to, Bo M, Jamie Kay, and Laura F. |
| 1:35.4 | As well as Kelly S. and Chloe M. Welcome, gang. Hello, everyone. How is everyone's February going? |
| 1:43.3 | I mean, it's better than January so far, so |
| 1:45.3 | fingers crossed. Okay, so let's get right into today's episode. I have to warn you guys right |
| 1:50.7 | off the bat before we even get through the intro that there is a trigger warning for |
| 1:54.4 | sexual assault in this episode, as I will be describing it right away. Okay. Yeah, we are going right into the story today. |
| 2:05.2 | On Tuesday, May 14th, 1996, a 911 call came into a Virginia Beach dispatch. |
| 2:12.3 | The man on the other end of the phone was 32-year-old Eddie McDessie, and he was desperate for help. |
| 2:19.3 | He explained in gasping breaths that there had been a break-in at his home, that he and his wife |
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