Out of Luck: A Murder at the Mansion

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We all wish we could win the lottery. I mean, who doesn’t love the idea of a life-changing financial windfall? The chance to pursue your real passions, get all your loved ones out of debt, travel, just…not have to worry anymore? But for the tiny percentage of people who actually do win the lottery, against almost impossible odds, the reality often ends up a lot more complicated than they expect. According to the NY Daily News, about 70 percent of lottery winners end up flat broke within 7 years. Worse than that, some believe there’s a curse attached to winning. Take the case of Jeffery Dampier, who won a 20 million dollar jackpot in the 90s, started a popcorn business, and ended up brutally murdered by his sister in law and her boyfriend. And we all remember Abraham Shakespeare from an earlier season of TCC, a man who used his lottery winnings to revitalize his community—until he was manipulated into signing over his fortune, then murdered by a scam artist named DeeDee Moore. These are just two examples of many. It’s one of those “careful what you wish for” things—a lesson the people in this week’s story had to learn the hard way. Join us for a true whodunnit, a twisting, turning story of ambition, deception, secrets and betrayal.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2011/05/16/md_convicted_of_poisoning_wife_loses_appeal.html
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http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2017/09/legends-of-team-canada-stelio-zupancich.html
Investigation Discovery's "Your Number's Up," episode "Cruel Hand of Fate"

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0:00.0	Hello campers, grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:04.9	Wear your camp counselors, I'm Katie, and I'm Whitney.
0:08.4	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction, or roasting
0:12.5	murderers and marshmallows around the true crime campfire.
0:25.0	We all wish we could win the lottery.
0:26.5	I mean, who doesn't love the idea of a life-changing financial windfall?
0:30.6	The chance to pursue your real passions, get all your loved ones out of debt, travel,
0:34.9	just not have to worry anymore?
0:37.5	But for the tiny percentage of people who actually do win the lottery against almost
0:41.8	impossible odds, the reality often ends up a lot more complicated than they expect.
0:47.2	According to the New York Daily News, about 70% of lottery winners end up flat broke
0:52.2	within seven years.
0:54.0	First than that, some believe there's a curse attached to winning.
0:57.6	Take the case of Jeffrey Dampier, who won a $20 million jackpot in the 90s, started a
1:02.2	popcorn business, and ended up brutally murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend.
1:07.3	And we all remember Abraham Shakespeare from an earlier season of TCC, a man who used
1:11.6	his lottery winnings to revitalize his community, until he was manipulated into signing over
1:16.3	his fortune, then murdered by a scam artist named D.D. Moore.
1:20.4	These are just two examples of many.
1:22.6	It's one of those careful what you wish for things, a lesson that the people in this
1:26.3	week's story had to learn the hard way.
1:28.6	This is Out of Luck, a murder at the Mansion.
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