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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

The Backstory: A movie inspires the thrill of the kill

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

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4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

There have been plenty of killers who admitted they were inspired by violent movies, TV shows, and video games. This is the story of a couple of teenagers from the Midwest who robbed and murdered folks just to recreate their favorite movie: Natural Born Killers. And there's a powerful celebrity connection in this saga.

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0:00.0

It seems kind of crazy, but we've all heard of serial killers who claimed they were inspired by movies, TV shows, video games, whatever, to commit cold-blooded murder.

0:10.0

But these killers aren't always the type you'd expect.

0:13.5

Imagine a bright teenage girl, the daughter of a judge and a terrific student

0:18.0

who along with her boyfriend shoots a couple of total strangers.

0:22.0

I'm Patty Steele, just for the thrill of the kill.

0:25.0

Next on the backstory.

0:27.0

The backstory is back. There are a bunch of movies that have been especially

0:36.0

inspirational to some psychotic types, including Scream, a Nightmare on Elm Street,

0:41.6

and saw.

0:43.0

But Sarah Edmondson and Ben Daris, both 18 years old and from Oklahoma, were obsessed with

0:48.6

the flick Natural Born Killers.

0:51.6

Sarah had a terrific academic record, though she was definitely a bit of a rebel.

0:56.4

She came from a family that folks called the Kennedy's of Oklahoma.

1:00.4

Her wealthy father was a powerful attorney and local judge and by the way is now a justice on the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

1:08.0

Other family members included congressmen, a state's attorney general, a senator, a governor. But Sarah was fabulous. a struggled with addiction. It's March 5th, 1995. Sarah and Ben meet up and decide to

1:26.9

spend the night at her family's cabin. They take LSD. And then they watch the

1:32.2

flick Natural Born Killers over and over and over again.

1:37.0

Of course the movie starring Woody Harrelson and Juliet Lewis is about a young couple who go on a multi-state killing spree.

1:46.3

In their altered state, Inspiration strikes Ben and Sarah.

1:50.8

They decide to drive to Memphis the next day to go to a Grateful Dead concert.

1:55.0

Problem is, it turns out the concert had happened the week before.

1:59.0

So, they keep thinking about natural-born killers, and they are more and more intrigued by

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