The Public Execution of a CEO: The Murder of Brian Thompson

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Luigi Mangione allegedly shot and killed CEO of United Healthcare Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024. The suspect in the shooting is a 26-year-old person of means; smart, educated, and now, possibly a killer. Joseph Scott Morgan breaks down the type of weapon used and how it would function, the ammunition used, as well as the damage it could do to the intended target. Dave Mack tries to fill in the background of the story as it continues to evolve. This is Part One of Two.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:00.71 Introduction

00:00:57.91 Growing up spoiled

00:05:28.58 Luigi Mangione manifesto

00:08:55.84 Mangione creating characters on computer

00:12:26.42 Chronic pain in lower back

00:17:38.37 Description of using 3D printed gun

00:24:56.27 Scheduling an event, waiting for victim

00:28:37.77 Suspect and weapons

00:33:23.74 Description of "site picture"

00:38:29.89 Shot and effect on body

00:39:01.33 Conclusion of part one

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0:43.3	You'd like to think that you weren't spoiled?
0:47.0	And I was not spoiled by my mother.
0:51.9	However, the one person in my life that did spoil me was my grandmother. Her name's
0:57.3	Pearl, by the way. If you haven't read my memoir, I talk about her a lot. And of course,
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1:29.1	And for me, the toy store, and I'm really going back in time here, a toy store that we always went to
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1:46.1	But those trips would consistently end in me reaping the benefit of being spoiled.
1:58.8	Because my grandmother would buy me anything that I'd want off of
2:01.7	those shelves and she didn't have a lot of money. But my favorite toy to get was any new toy
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