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Stranger Than Fiction - November 11 2020 - Daily True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, True Crime, History, Documentary

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Wondery (Dr. Death, Dirty John, The Shrink Next Door) and NBC News (Dateline, The Thing About Pam, Motive for Murder) present Do No Harm. The Bright family was thrust into a medical and legal system so committed to protecting vulnerable children from abuse, it failed to protect innocent parents. From the hospital room to the courtroom, we walk in the footsteps of the Bright family as they battle to keep their children and fight against a system determined to tear them apart. Listen today at http://wondery.fm/DoNoHarm_MorningCup November 11th: Miranda Barbour Kills (2013) Some stories seem too crazy to be real. On November 11th 2013 a man was killed by a young woman who, if she is to be  believed, as a life stranger than fiction. 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, unionleader.com, medium.com, abcnews.com, thedailybeast.com, nhpr.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Imagine your parent nervously pacing around your injured child's hospital room.

0:04.9

A doctor begins asking you question after question about how your kid got hurt.

0:10.2

You begin to realize that they are asking about your involvement in the accident.

0:14.9

Where were you when he fell?

0:16.6

How did he actually fall?

0:18.7

And then you slowly start to see that they think you hurt your child intentionally.

0:24.6

Wondery and NBC News present Do No Harm, the terrifying true story of a family torn apart by the

0:31.1

system that was supposed to protect them.

0:33.6

Investigative reporter Mike Hicksenbach chronicles what happens to the Bright family when their three kids are ripped away from them, and the shocking moments that came next.

0:43.9

With exclusive audio captured as the events unfolded, Do No Harm takes you inside the most harrowing moments of the Bright family's fight to protect their children.

0:54.1

Wondery, the makers of Dr. Death,

0:56.1

Dirty John, and The Shrink Next Door, and NBC News, the team behind Dateline, the thing about Pam,

1:02.5

and motive for murder, join forces to bring you an investigative true crime show unlike

1:07.6

any other. Do No Harm. You are about to hear a preview of Do No Harm. While you're

1:13.8

listening, be sure to subscribe to Do No Harm on Apple Podcasts. Join Wondry Plus in the Wondery app to

1:20.0

listen to the episode one week early and ad free. It was half past five on a Wednesday evening in Tommal, Texas.

1:32.6

LeVar Jones pulled off the highway, put his car in park and sent a text to his boss.

1:40.3

Just an update. I'm waiting on law enforcement to meet me at the residence.

1:44.1

As he would later testify, LeVar was worried about how this night might play out. I do believe that they will give me a hard time. That's why I have not initiated yet, so I'll wait and play it by ear. Two hours later, he was still waiting. The police backup he'd requested wasn't on the way.

2:03.2

And LeVar decided to go it alone.

2:06.0

I'm going to go ahead and attempt to initiate.

2:08.7

He drove north on a tree-lined country road,

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