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Generation Why: True Crime

The Killing Of Dan Markel Part 1 - 665

Generation Why: True Crime

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Crime, True Crime, Murder, Conspiracies, Serial Killer, Society & Culture, 855520, Exhibit C, Government, Trial, Unsolved, Conspiracy, Controversy, Missing Person, Documentary, Case

4.518.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On July 18, 2014, FSU professor and lawyer Dan Markel was shot in the head twice through the driver's side window of his car in his garage. His murder revealed a messy divorce, family animosity, and a murder for hire plot that resulted in five convictions over 11 years.

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0:00.0

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0:05.1

Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. It's a very strong. It's so much. It's a lot. How are you doing tonight, Aaron?

0:48.3

I'm good, Justin. How are you feeling today?

0:51.3

I'm doing all right.

0:53.3

We're going to be covering a big case tonight,

0:57.1

one that I've heard the rumblings about and I've seen it on a lot of the true crime channels,

1:03.8

but never really knew all the details about this case. And this is one of those cases where

1:10.7

you can go down so many rabbit holes and it might

1:15.0

sound pretty basic on its surface but oh my gosh I went down too many rabbit holes about this

1:21.9

family and everyone involved and it just really occupied a lot of my time for the last week. Yeah, and for me, it really is

1:30.4

something I wanted to cover because the question is, how did this happen? Why did this happen? And I think

1:36.7

that comes up because of who ends up in hot water over it. Sometimes it's not the person you expect

1:42.9

is being held accountable. Or you wonder if this is

1:46.4

everything. Before we get into that, Aaron, we have some announcements. I always try to plug this other show

1:54.0

I'm doing. It's called WTAF was my childhood. It's a fun, more lighthearted show about growing up as Gen X or an

2:05.3

elder millennial and how things were during your childhood and how much things have changed

2:12.1

since then. It should be everywhere. You can find a podcast.

2:20.0

So WTAF was my childhood.

2:22.6

It has a little bear smoking a cigarette as the logo.

2:33.4

And I wish I had started with this, Justin, but we have some people who probably tell us that they skip through this part of the show because they're like, oh, they're just plugging stuff.

2:34.7

I want to get to the content.

2:41.5

We try to make this as quick as possible. So we understand your motivations, but we do tell you for a good reason in case you want to know about it, which you might. Also, we're going to be

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