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Standing Up For Whats Right - November 21 2020 - Daily True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

November 21st: Rupert Maxwell Stuart Dies (2014) As long as there is injustice in the world, someone has to stand up for those in need. On November 21st 2014 a man died a peaceful death free from the confines of prison all because a group of people were willing to fight for him. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia, indystar.com, aetv.com, insider.com, crimecapsule.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.6

A scene described by one investigator is reminiscent of a weird religious life.

0:12.7

As long as there is injustice in the world, someone has to stand up for those in need.

0:19.6

On November 21, 2014, a man died a peaceful death

0:24.7

free from the confines of prison, all because a group of people were willing to fight for him.

0:30.3

So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

0:35.2

morning cup of murder.

0:47.2

Rupert Maxwell Stewart was born in a government settlement sometime in 1932 that housed the Alice Springs indigenous population in Australia.

0:50.4

Legally, Rupert was known as a half-cast, meaning one of his great-grandfathers were white station owners,

0:57.0

while his grandfather on his father's side was a fully initiated Arunda and leader of a Totemic clan.

1:04.5

Rupert himself was fully initiated, something rare for an indigenous Australian working with white people in the 1950s.

1:12.5

Despite working so closely with the white population, Rupert refused to receive a Western

1:17.8

education or learn of Western religion. He was proud of where he came from and wanted to

1:23.5

maintain his roots. By age 11, he had left home to work as a stockman around Alice Springs

1:29.2

and as a teen, became a bare knuckle boxer to try and earn some extra cash. In late 1957,

1:36.3

Rupert was arrested and convicted of indecent assault and a sleeping nine-year-old girl in Clon

1:41.7

Curry, Queensland. He admitted to police that, while he knew what he did was wrong, he didn't know any

1:48.2

women his age who would give him the time of day.

1:51.2

At this point, he was pretty deep into his alcoholism and stated that, when he drank,

1:57.2

he had no control over his urges.

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