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Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

My Dad Was An Axe Murderer

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Chris Gethard

Society & Culture

4.89K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Imagine growing up with a secret so big, you had to change your name. A young man opens up about finding out that his father was an axe murderer. He describes what it was like meeting his dad for the first time in prison. He shares what happened when he realized that his college professor had picked up a hitchhiker that turned out to be his father. He and Geth also discuss America’s fascination with true crime and coming to terms with his trans identity.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Just wanted to give everybody a quick heads up this week's episode talks about homicide

0:04.1

So if that's something that you need to brace yourself for consider yourself warrant

0:14.2

Hello to everybody who's growing increasingly wary of true crime as a genre. It's beautiful anonymous one hour one phone call

0:21.5

No names no holds barred

0:37.7

Hi everybody Chris gethert here welcome to another episode of beautiful

0:42.0

Anonymous and flattered and honored to be your host a couple things to let you know about one as a reminder

0:48.3

Beautiful con on a miss dot com. That's right everybody. We're finally doing our fan convention

0:54.6

Originally scheduled for March of 2020 bring it back May 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Brooklyn, New York

1:02.5

Movie screenings comedy shows live calls music

1:06.2

Meet past callers. It's gonna be epic also on the letter. Everybody know special thing happening in my life

1:12.6

I've been touring a show called a father and the son happy to tell you I'm gonna be recording it

1:17.6

Three nights only in New York City at the Manetelaine Theater aka the audible theater that's March 31st April 1st and April 2nd

1:26.7

Tickets are on sale now when no info on those tickets link is at chrisgeth.com

1:32.0

This week's episode is wild

1:35.0

You can tell from the title

1:37.0

Call it found out accidentally that their dad was an axe murderer

1:41.8

That's about all you need to know right the circumstances of how they figured out the story with the college professor is very

1:49.8

Crazy. I won't spoil anything else about that

1:52.4

You can imagine there's a lot to talk about as far as how finding that information out affects you

2:00.0

short-term long-term

2:02.8

Callers also someone who has to find themselves and embraced their identity and thought long and hard about their

2:09.5

truthful identity

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