The US was built on debate. From political differences to fighting for justice in a courtroom,

we use our voices to make the case for our side. So when someone resorts to murder to make their

point, it's a pretty shocking move. And today's countdown has all the proof. This list will have

you stunned, but number one especially will immerse you in two of the most chaotic hours in US

political history.

Hey all you weirdos, welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from podcast. I'm Ash,

and I'm Alena. Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most engaging

and unsettling crimes, all picked by the podcast research guts. This episode we're counting down

the top ten most shocking US political murders. The thing for me at least, that's like so shocking

when it comes to political murders, is the fact that we kind of look at politicians as people

who are supposed to keep us safe, like to some degree, we try. We try. So when they get murdered,

it kind of just leaves you feeling like very unsettled and very nervous. Yeah, that's exactly,

you said it exactly. We know they're people or they're supposed to be people. They claim to be

people, but we also elect them into office to basically speak and advocate for us. At least that's

what we're hoping. Yeah. When one of them's taken, you know, by murder, which is always shocking,

it's really jarring because no matter what, it's going to throw the whole system into chaos,

at least just a little bit for even just a moment. I mean, politics is far from perfect,

but we always hope they can at least appear to be working for us. And they give off this

air of being kind of slightly untouchable. And when somebody's murdered, you're like, what do we do

now? What happens? Yeah, exactly. Because they do. They give off this sense of untouchable,

totally. Yeah, which might feel weird now going through this particular list because it shows us

that no one is untouchable, like not even these elected officials. I have number one, and it is a

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