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The Heinous Murders of Shawn Grate - August 8 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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August 8th: Shawn Grate Born (1976) One act of bravery can bring down even the most dangerous individual. On August 8th 1976 a man was born who would go on to commit heinous acts against women. It was the act of one of those potential victims who would bring this man down before his victim count got any higher.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Grate, https://allthatsinteresting.com/shawn-grate, https://www.distractify.com/p/where-is-shawn-grate-now, https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/2021/06/08/request-reopen-shawn-grates-death-penalty-case-denied-court/7600813002/, https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/2021/02/12/serial-killer-shawn-grate-case-ohio-ashland-new-attorney/6719364002/, https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/shawn-grate 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.

0:02.6

When police arrives, I found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird hummus.

0:08.8

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

0:12.9

One of a murder...

0:14.1

One act of bravery can bring down even the most dangerous individual.

0:19.3

On August 8, 1976, a man was born who would go on to

0:23.1

commit heinous acts against women. It was the act of one of those potential victims who would

0:28.8

bring this man down before his victim count got any higher. So if you like your coffee hot,

0:34.8

with your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

0:37.9

cup of murder.

0:40.1

Sean Michael Great was born on August 8, 1976, in Marion, Ohio, and grew up in what was

0:46.2

described as a pretty normal household.

0:49.2

He played sports, socialized with children his age, and was overall a pretty good kid. However, according

0:55.9

to Sean's sister, things at home were less than idyllic. Their mother, Teresa McFarland,

1:02.1

married a man named Edward Meadows when she was just 14 years old. An abusive relationship,

1:07.8

one that produced daughter Barbara, Teresa met Terry Great when they were both

1:12.0

working at a bar, and after getting out of her troubled marriage in 1972, the pair married

1:17.7

in 1974.

1:19.8

That same year, they had a son, Jason, and in 1976, had Sean.

1:25.6

Barbara described her mother as negligent towards her children and said that her marriage

1:30.0

was pretty, quote, on and off. She would leave Sean at the house hungry so she could go out with

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