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THE MURDER OF REBECCA SCHAEFFER: WHO IS TO BLAME?

The Alarmist

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Who’s to blame for the Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer?

This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) is joined by Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early to discuss the heartbreaking story of the up and coming actress Rebecca Schaeffer who was stalked and eventually murdered by her stalker on her front doorstep. Up on the board this week: Copycat Syndrome, Community Failure and Mental Health Stigma. If you, or someone you know, is experiencing domestic violence of any kind you can reach out these resources: 

National Center for Victims of Crime: 855-484-2846

StrongHearts Native Helpline: 844-762-8483

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0:00.0

Before we get going with this episode check out what's going on over at Patreon

0:04.1

Here's a preview of guest alarmist where I step aside and let a guest walk us through a personal tragedy and together we figure out who's to blame. We never talked about the poppy seed

0:15.9

myth though. Oh yeah please what is that? I remember it was like if you right it was like

0:20.8

if you tested honestly if you would be like I had just had a poppy seed bagel and then they'd be like oh that's why those

0:28.2

that's opium right that's like you can test positive or opium yeah for pot. I just wanted to make that clear for you.

0:36.0

I thought 100% oh my god. Yeah that's Ophia. You guys are.

0:43.0

H-H-Ophium, but I just remember being in the bed being like,

0:48.0

I was just, it's a poppy season.

0:50.0

The puppy's thing they'll say the-

0:51.0

I don't have Ophium. Yeah, they're like, we didn't even test you for opium.

0:56.3

Now we're testing for opium.

0:57.6

Yeah, like that is the drug from Mulan Rouge.

1:01.0

Go to Patreon.com slash The Alarmist and subscribe today.

1:05.0

Now on to our episode.

1:07.0

I was born with a special gift.

1:10.0

The ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario in my own brain.

1:21.0

My therapist calls my gift catastrophizing and that's why I'm uniquely

1:26.7

qualified to scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters and find

1:32.1

out who's to blame.

1:36.8

They say history repeats itself.

1:39.2

Not on my watch.

1:40.8

My name is Rebecca Delgado Smith and I am The Alarmist.

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