The Worst Mass Slaying of 1967 - October 23 2020 - Daily True Crime

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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I HAVE MERCH NOW! Check it out here: https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ October 23rd: Leo Held Kills (1967) We may never know what makes a person tick. On October 23rd 1967 a man snapped and took the lives of 6 acquaintances. Acquaintances who he had some unknown vendetta against and hunted them down like they were animals. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Information for this episode collected from: 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 in Silver Lake section.
0:03.9	We have a weird.
0:05.9	A weird.
0:05.9	A weird.
0:06.9	A lot of one investigator is reminiscent of a weird religion.
0:09.4	Morning.
0:09.8	A cup of murder.
0:10.9	We may never know what makes a person tick.
0:14.0	On October 23rd, 1967, a man snapped and took the lives of six acquaintances.
0:21.2	Acquaintances who he had some unknown vendetta against and hunted them down as if they were animals.
0:27.7	So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning
0:32.5	cup of murder.
0:36.0	The morning of October 23, 1967, started out like every other morning for Leo and Alda held.
0:43.6	They got ready for work, did some chores inside their Pennsylvania home, got their kids to school, and split ways for the day.
0:51.3	Leo, a man described as a good Christian husband, drove to his workplace of 21 years,
0:57.4	parked his car, and walked through the doors of the paper mill shortly after 8 a.m., armed with two
1:03.2	pistols. The avid hunter took great aim and began picking off specific co-workers one by one, all while remaining eerily calm.
1:13.1	Close to 50 employees took cover and fled for their lives, while Leo shot five dead and wounded four others.
1:20.5	Those who perished were Alan Barrett Jr., Richard Davenport, Donald V. Walden,
1:26.7	Carmen H. Edwards, and Elmer Weaver.
1:29.8	But he wasn't done yet.
1:31.7	He then calmly got back into his car and drove to the local airport where Geraldine Ram,
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