The Peacock Killer - Craig Vogt

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Pasco County, Florida, resident Craig Vogt, 61, was arrested and charged with aggravated animal cruelty after he killed, cooked, and ate a couple of...peacocks. The bizarre act stemmed from a long-running feud with a neighbor who fed the birds. Vogt confessed to officers, admitting he decapitated the two peacocks and consumed them "to prove a point" to his neighbor for ignoring his demands. Prosecutors allege the deliberate, prolonged cruelty was meant to inflict emotional harm on the neighbor.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:13.0	Welcome to True Crime to Go. What can I get for you?
0:16.7	It's almost that time. Thanks a given. Mac and cheese, cornbread, and the big bird, a peacock.
0:25.1	Pull up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:31.6	Welcome to True Crime to Go.
0:33.8	I am John here with Jamie.
0:35.6	Dude, you just made me crazy hungry, but then ruined it all just in a matter of seconds. I wonder, like, I know how different that chickens and turkeys call, like, taste. But how about other birds? Why would they taste like a duck? I do. I don't like duck. I love duck. I've been craving duck. Okay. They're dark meat. I love dark meat. I know you do. They're almost sweet. Weirdo. Yeah, that's why I don't like duck. I love duck. I've been craving duck. Okay. They're dark meat.
0:54.5	I love dark meat.
0:55.3	I know you do.
0:55.8	They're all sweet.
0:56.8	Weirdo. Yeah, that's why I don't like it. Peacock, I bet they just taste really uppity, you know. I bet they think they're better than everybody else because they have fancy feathers. You have to eat it with like Dijon mustard. I'd hold your pinky out the whole time, you know,
1:11.3	like you're drinking tea with Joe from England or something.
1:14.8	Oh. like Dijon mustard. Right, Pupon. Hold your pinky out the whole time, you know,
1:11.3	like you're drinking tea with Joe from England or something.
1:14.9	Oh, come on, Joe.
1:15.9	All right, John.
1:17.0	Get us rolling.
1:18.1	All right.
1:18.5	We're going to be going to probably one of the places that produces the best content,
1:23.5	Florida.
1:24.7	And it's called Pasco County, Florida.
1:44.1	And there is where we're going to find one of the most bizarre cases. And it's just, it feels like urban legend, but it's all real. The story is about a 61-year-old man named Craig Vott, who admitted to killing, cooking, and eating his own pet peacocks.
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