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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

TOURIST TRAP-Fred Shrum lll

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2012

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary


On June 4, 1989, the bodies of Jo, Michelle, and Christe Rogers were found floating in the serene waters of Tampa Bay, Florida. They were stripped below the waist, bound, and tied to concrete blocks. They were going on vacation! It was a trip that may seem normal to some. But to the Rogers family, it was the trip of a lifetime. They were going to Florida to make some memories. But Florida would literally become a tourist trap for Jo, Michelle, and Christe. They would not make it home alive. The Rogers women were going to experience Florida in the classic fashion. They would color their days with beaches, attractions, and maybe even a visit to Mickey Mouse. This would be a welcome respite from their daily grind spent on a three-hundred-acre dairy farm in Ohio. They were determined to enjoy every moment. There were still no fresh leads by the spring of 1992. Moore decided to push harder with the media. He released information from a psychological profile that was prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The reward was raised to $25,000. Moore held press conferences and had the case featured on such national television shows as Unsolved Mysteries and Diabolical Minds: Case Studies. Something clicked this time. Jo Ann Steffey of Tampa was convinced that her neighbor was the killer. Police did not act on Steffey's tip initially but she was persistent and police finally made the arrest of Oba Chandler that year. TOURIST TRAP: Oba Chandler and the Murder of the Roger's Family-Fred Shrum, III.

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,

0:16.7

and the authors that have written about them.

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Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author talking

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about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history, True Murder, with

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your host, journalist and author, Dan Zupansky.

0:38.0

Good evening, this is your host, Dan Zupansky, for the program True Murder, the most shocking

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killers in true crime history, and the authors that have written about them.

0:56.2

On June 4, 1989, the bodies of Joe, Michelle, and Christie Rogers were found floating in

1:02.7

the serene waters of Tampa Bay, Florida.

1:06.2

They were stripped below the waist, bound, and tied to concrete blocks.

1:10.2

They were going on vacation.

1:11.9

It was a trip that seemed normal to some, but to the Rogers family was a trip of a lifetime.

1:17.0

They were going to Florida to make some memories.

1:19.6

But Florida would literally become a tourist trap for Joe, Michelle, and Christie.

1:24.1

They would not make it home alive.

1:26.1

The Rogers women were going to experience Florida in the classic fashion.

1:29.4

They would color their days with beaches, attractions, and maybe even visit the Mickey

1:33.1

Mouse.

1:34.1

This would be a welcome respite from their daily grind, spent on a 300-acre dairy farm in

1:39.9

Ohio.

1:40.9

They were determined to enjoy every moment.

1:42.9

There were still no fresh leads by the spring of 1992, more decided to push harder with

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