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Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

S3 Ep121: Three Strikes and You're Dead: Michael Keith Moon

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Society & Culture, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A career criminal commits multiple murders plus an attempted murder and continues to be released on parole. This is the case of Michael Keith Moon.

Resources:
Michael Hemmingston, San Diego Reader, "Moon Arraigned in Escondido Cold Case," Jan 16, 2008.

Randy Kalp, The Coast News Group, Rancho Santa Fe, "Convicted felon takes wrap for 31-year-old slaying," Dec 11, 2008.

Pauline Repard, The San Diego Union-Tribune, "Double murderer paroled to downtown San Diego," March 15, 2015.

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0:00.0

This podcast details true crime cases.

0:03.0

It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

0:06.8

It is not intended for children.

0:08.7

Listener discretion is advised.

0:15.2

Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

0:18.8

This is the last chapter of the series,

0:21.1

Three Strikes and Your Dead,

0:22.9

where I detail cases of murderers who were caught,

0:26.0

sent to prison,

0:27.4

and then were inexplicably set free to kill again.

0:30.4

Because I cover cases that occurred in the past,

0:33.5

some in the distant past,

0:35.2

you may wonder whether this could happen today.

0:38.0

While this next story will answer this question,

0:40.7

and have you wondering,

0:42.3

is there a convicted killer loose in my town?

0:45.6

According to the US Department of Justice's latest report,

0:49.2

at the close of the year 2016,

0:51.6

just over four and a half million former prisoners

0:54.0

were under community supervision in the United States.

0:57.7

Meaning they were either on probation or parole.

1:01.1

This was the lowest number reported since 1999.

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