Today is Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021.

On this day in 1965, Norman Morrison, a Baltimore father of three,

set himself on fire to protest the Vietnam War.

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Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Due to the graphic nature of this case, listener discretion is advised. This episode includes discussions of war violence, suicide, self-immolation, and child endangerment. We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

Today we're talking about the potentially motivated self-immolation of 31-year-old pacifist Norman Morrison.

Let's go back to the late afternoon of November 2nd, 1965 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Norman R. Morrison carefully settled his one-year-old daughter, Emily, into her car seat before leaving their Baltimore home. His other two children,

six-year-old Ben and five-year-old Tina were still at school. He brought along a bag with extra

diapers, pacifiers, and milk. But next to those baby supplies, Morrison also packed a gallon

jug of kerosene.

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