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Tapes from the Darkside | Crime & Psychology

S9, Chapter 9: Where Was Cat?

Tapes from the Darkside | Crime & Psychology

T. Z. Borden

Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary, History

4.7 • 573 Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 4 June 2024

ā±ļø 35 minutes

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Summary

Where was Cat Mellender on July 1, 2021?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Tapes from the dark side contains descriptions of violence and sexuality.

0:10.0

Listener discretion is advised.

0:14.0

I have a confession to make. I messed up. There's a part in the last episode that I got incorrect.

0:30.9

It doesn't actually change too much of the overall story, but it's a big enough detail that I feel the

0:36.2

need to correct it. I even thought about going back and re-editing chapter 8, but it's a big enough detail that I feel the need to correct it. I even thought about

0:38.4

going back and re-editing Chapter 8, but it's already out there in the world and I don't want to

0:43.6

make you have to re-listen to anything. The mistake has to do with Chandler and his visit to

0:49.2

Crestes Farm. I mistakenly said that Chandler never admitted to going to Cress's farm on Monday, July 5th, the day after the 4th of July barbecue.

1:00.2

But Chandler actually does admit to this.

1:03.0

There was another part of the interview where he talks about showing up the farm and then turning around because he couldn't get in touch with Cress.

1:10.4

And he says this actually

1:12.0

happens on Wednesday, July 7th. That's the day where he said he's afraid that they might shoot him.

1:19.0

And he says that Kress's dad actually shot a buck when he was over 90 years old. I just assumed

1:25.9

when hearing this, it was likely just Chandler lying on the

1:29.3

spot again, but randomly when I was Googling something about this case, I came across a newspaper

1:35.3

clipping from 2018 that said, quote, Cottage Grove Hunter 91 bags buck with help from daughter.

1:47.3

It has a picture of Kress with her father, and it turns out he actually did shoot a buck at 91 years old. The fact that Chandler admits to visiting the farm

1:54.1

on Monday and seeing Kress and Dulce makes a lot more sense. He knew that they were going to tell

2:00.4

police that they saw him.

2:02.0

So I couldn't figure out why he would lie about it.

2:04.7

And it turns out the answer was, for once, he didn't lie.

2:08.7

This part of Chandler's interview or interrogation is also quite interesting.

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