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48 Hours

Scripting a Murder

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.97K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Mark Twitchell was an aspiring filmmaker who wrote screenplays about murder and compared himself to TV's fictional serial killer, Dexter Morgan. In 2008, police were investigating the disappearance of 38-year-old John Altinger and discovered Twitchell's garage where he had just filmed his latest project about a serial killer. “48 Hours" Correspondent Troy Roberts reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 7/10/2012. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Most violent crimes that capture the public's imagination seem larger than life,

0:05.0

but sometimes the most terrifying criminals are right next door.

0:09.4

And he's just yelling.

0:10.9

Matarón Ami'i'iho, which translates to, they killed my son.

0:14.4

On the Fear Thy Neighbor podcast from ID, we'll explore these true stories

0:18.4

and hear what happens when neighborly disputes

0:21.1

reach the point of no return.

0:22.9

What do you want?

0:24.2

Just this.

0:26.2

Listen to Fear Thy Neighbor wherever you get your podcasts.

0:43.3

Okay. Camera's rolling once again. In five, four, three, two, one.

0:49.3

Action.

0:50.3

To hear how everything happened, it's like you're watching the movies.

0:55.0

You see this stuff happen.

0:57.0

And you know it's a movie, but now we have it happening in real life.

1:00.0

Actor, you ready?

1:01.0

When I was first telling the story, when it first happened to me, everyone thought it was a movie.

1:06.0

They couldn't believe this happened me. It was just a crazy story.

1:10.0

When early October 2008, Gilles Tetra was online on the plenty of fish.com website, which is a dating site.

1:16.6

I saw this lady.

1:18.6

She had blonde hair. She was about five, six. She was very attractive looking.

1:23.6

And what was her name?

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