The Luigi Mangione Story, Chapter One: A Murder in Manhattan

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In the early hours of December 4, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City as he walked toward the annual investor's meeting of his parent company, UnitedHealth Group. US law enforcement embarked on a massive manhunt. Several days after the murder, authorities in Altoona, Pennsylvania arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione on suspicion of committing the murder. In the first part of this multi-part episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore what happened, what evidence may or may not exist, and, perhaps most importantly: how this single event exposed a deep divide between the general public, the media, and the power structure of American society overall.

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0:00.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:06.9	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:11.9	A production of IHeart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show.
0:26.0	My name is Matt.
0:26.6	My name is Noel.
0:27.4	They call me Ben.
0:28.5	We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal fake.
0:32.6	And most importantly, you are you, you are here.
0:35.2	That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:38.7	This may be one of the last times we record in 2024, you guys.
0:43.7	Can you believe it?
0:45.0	Yay!
0:46.3	Can you believe how far we've come, how far we've fallen or risen?
0:49.2	I can believe it.
0:49.8	Depending on where you stand.
0:50.9	So, happy new year, folks.
0:53.2	We are recording on, let's see, December 20th.
0:56.6	If you are hearing this episode the day it publishes, you have made it to 2025. And we hope we
1:03.4	have to. I think we probably will have. You know, knock on wood. Can you hear that? That's real wood.
1:11.0	That's a solid, that's more of a composite.
1:13.0	We paid extra.
1:14.2	So this evening, we are recording in person in our studios, and we're exploring a conspiracy
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