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Morning Cup of Murder

The Fear That Washed Over Tallahassee Florida - October 22 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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October 22nd: Sims Family Murders (1966) No one ever expects tragedy to happen in their town. On October 22nd 1966 a truly horrific crime took place that saw the residents of Tallahassee, Florida reeling. A previously safe city that now felt incredibly dangerous. https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-sims-family-triple-homicide-6bb55e55b8d3, https://projectcoldcase.org/2018/07/09/robert-helen-joy-sims/, https://www.grunge.com/755357/the-unsolved-sims-family-murders-explained/, https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/07/27/suspect-sims-murders-posts-musings-internet/87621126/, https://www.wctv.tv/content/news/1966-Triple-Homicide-of-The-Sims-Family-Stirring-Up-Controversy-388617642.html, https://defrostingcoldcases.com/sims-family-1966-2016/, https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMurders/comments/10thokh/sims_family_murders_in_tallahassee_fl/ 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.

0:14.7

No one ever expects tragedy to happen in their town.

0:18.9

On October 22nd, 1966, a truly horrific crime took place that saw

0:25.0

the residents of Tallahassee, Florida, reeling. A previously safe city that now felt incredibly

0:32.3

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

0:39.3

cup of murder. On October 22, 1966, the streets of Tallahassee, Florida were eerily quiet. You see,

0:48.6

most everyone in town made their way to the popular North Florida Fair, where they watched Florida

0:53.9

State beat Mississippi

0:55.3

State 10 to 1. Amongst the excited crowd was 17-year-old Norma Jeanette Sims. She had no clue that,

1:05.0

in choosing to attend the game that night, she effectively saved her own life. Not so lucky were the three members of her family who

1:13.3

decided to forego the fair. The Sims family consisted of 42-year-old Dr. Robert Sims, his 34-year-old

1:21.3

wife, Helen, and their three daughters, Norma Jeanette, 15-year-old Judith Ann, and the youngest, 12-year-old, Joy.

1:31.1

On the night of October 22nd, Judith Ann was out babysitting, while Norma attended the game.

1:37.6

The rest of the family, however, decided to stay home for the evening.

1:41.7

When Norma came home hours later, she found the TV was still on, but her parents and

1:47.6

sister were nowhere to be seen. As she looked further, though, she found her mother and father

1:53.8

bound and blindfolded in their bed, suffering from gunshot wounds, while her little sister Joy lay on the carpet, stabbed,

2:03.0

and shot to death. Absolutely devastated, Norma called the local funeral home and cried out that

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