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The Dream Slayer Axe Murders in Florida - December 4 2024

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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December 4th: Victor Licata Dies (1950) Some cases are used as political fodder and, as such, the facts can often get lost in the chaos. On December 4th 1950 a man died in prison who will always be remembered for the role his crime played in the war against drugs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Licata, https://www.tampabay.com/arts-entertainment/arts/movies/2020/05/14/an-ybor-city-ax-murderer-led-to-marijuana-regulation-now-theres-a-movie-in-the-works/, https://www.nydailynews.com/true-crime-justice-story/ny-true-crime-justice-story-dream-slayer-20200327-j7xsxlilrfaefm73lecocf64pa-story.html, https://fee.org/articles/how-an-axe-murderer-helped-make-weed-illegal/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

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

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

A cup of murder...

0:15.0

Some cases are used as political fodder, and as such, the facts can often get lost in the chaos.

0:22.6

On December 4, 1950, a man died in prison who will always be remembered for the role his

0:29.1

crime played in the war against drugs.

0:32.9

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:40.6

Victor Licata on October 16, 1933, picked up an axe and, moving through his family's home in Tampa, Florida,

0:49.4

began hacking to death his entire family.

0:53.7

Each lay asleep before the 21-year-old brought down the weapon upon his parents,

0:58.9

his two younger brothers, and his sister.

1:02.5

The following day, people started to notice that the Lakata family wasn't stirring inside

1:07.1

of their home.

1:08.5

Michael, the family's patriarch, wasn't seen leaving for the barber shops he

1:12.7

owned, and no one saw either of the two children make their way to school. So the neighbors

1:18.7

called the police, and when they arrived at the home, they found a confused victor sitting inside

1:24.8

one of the bedrooms, though some sources do say it was the bathroom,

1:29.2

wearing a clean, pressed shirt and trousers. But beneath the clean clothing were the bloodstained

1:36.2

pieces he wore when he brutally massacred his family. Despite the fact that there were five bodies in

1:43.0

the home with him, he denied any involvement in their murders.

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