The Politics of Murder - The Attack on Paul Pelosi

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

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🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A formerly peace-loving man becomes obsessed with extreme political conspiracy theories. David DePape falls down a rabbit hole, consuming ever-more radical views on YouTube, blogs, and social media posts.

A perfect storm of factors will cause him to carry out a baffling and horrific attack after breaking into the home of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Resources:

“Paul Pelosi attack: From nudist activism to online hate, suspect David DePape’s strange descent,” Rachel Swan, Dustin Gardiner, and Sarah Ravani, The San Francisco Chronicle, November 16, 2023.

“Where is Nancy?: Here’s what happened, minute by minute, inside the Pelosi home,” Megan Cassidy, The San Francisco Chronicle, November 3, 2022.

“David DePape Sentenced after Conviction on Assault and Attempted Kidnapping Charges,” Press Release, Office of the Attorney General, May 17, 2024.

“Gypsy Taub Speaks Out About Ex-Boyfriend David DePape,” Jay Barmann, SFist.com, October 31, 2022.

“Ex-wife of man who attacked Paul Pelosi is barred from court,” Brian Krans, KQED, June 18, 2024.

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.0	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:07.0	It is not intended for children.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. This is the last episode in the series
0:24.5	The Politics of Murder, in which I detail cases of political violence. This week
0:30.6	extreme political conspiracy theories radicalize a former peace-loving man.
0:36.1	First introduced to him by a former girlfriend, David DePape goes down a rabbit hole,
0:40.9	consuming ever more radical views on YouTube, blogs, and social media posts.
0:46.2	A perfect storm of factors will cause them to carry out a baffling and horrific attack
0:50.9	after breaking into the home of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
0:55.3	This is Chapter 3 of The Politics of Murder, the Attack on Paul Pelosi. Pacific Heights, an upscale neighborhood in San Francisco with views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the United States. Its stately Victorian
1:24.4	mansions are home to the wealthy and powerful, including the Gettys, billionaire
1:29.0	real estate developer Jay Paul, and Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal.
1:34.4	The 3,300 square foot home at the corner of Steiner and Broadway in Pacific Heights
1:38.8	is recognizable as the house used in the 1993 feature film Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams and Sally Field.
1:50.4	On Friday, October 28, 2022, shortly after 2 a.m. a private security guard was on duty in
1:56.9	Pacific Heights when he heard the sound of breaking glass.
2:00.9	He was seated in his vehicle on a quiet street when the sound briefly broke the silence.
2:06.3	He waited a few moments, but did not know exactly which direction it had come from.
2:11.6	Hearing nothing out of the ordinary afterward, he put it out of his mind.
2:16.2	He might have given it a second thought since just minutes earlier he'd cited the lone figure
2:20.8	of a man walking nearby. He was dressed in dark clothing and
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