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Morning Cup of Murder

The Unsolved Death of a Screen Writer - June 28 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

June 28th: Gary DeVore Disappeared(1997) Can one man’s death unravel decades worth of government conspiracies? On June 28th 1997 a man disappeared and was found dead a year later. A Hollywood screenwriter who may have been ready to blow the lid off a government conspiracy in a script that, to this day, has never been found.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.1

A cop of murder.

0:14.7

Can one man's death unraveled decades' worth of government conspiracies?

0:19.5

On June 28, 1997, a man disappeared and was found

0:23.4

dead a year later, a Hollywood screenwriter who may have been ready to blow the lid off

0:29.2

a government conspiracy in a script that, to this day, has never been found. So if you like your

0:35.7

coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day

0:38.8

with a morning cup of murder. Gary DeVore was born on September 17, 1941, and began his

0:48.4

writing career in the late 60s working on shows like the newlywed game, the Steve Allen show,

0:53.9

and Tempo.

0:55.4

Gary, who had been married four times over the course of his life, was married to Wendy

0:59.6

D'Vore in 1996, and by then, had already cemented his reputation as a very successful

1:05.9

Hollywood screenwriter, script doctor, and producer, known for movies like Raw Deal and Dogs of War.

1:13.6

And in June of 1997, he was driving through the Mojave Desert, having just finished his next

1:19.7

big script, one that he believed would alter the course of his entire career, and one that was

1:25.4

filled with not the same wit and action he was known for,

1:29.2

but allegations against the U.S. government involving drugs and bank robberies and set

1:34.7

during the invasion of Panama.

1:37.1

While driving home from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Santa Barbara, California, Gary, who had

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