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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

TROPHY KILL-Dan Zupansky

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

Dan Zupansky

News, News Commentary, True Crime, History

4.0 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2010

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

July 1st, 2003 and the Miramax movie Shall We Dance starring Jennifer Lopez, Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon was being filmed in Winnipeg. Police were called when Susan Sarandon reported her gold necklace and other jewelry stolen from the movie set.
On July 2nd, Sydney Teerhuis calmly walked into a police station to report waking from a drunken blackout to find a man he had met the day before-dead in the bathtub.
Police escorted Teerhuis to his rented hotel room and in the bathtub they found the victim decapitated, the body sawn in half. He had been chopped into 8 separate pieces.
He was posed crudely reassembled-A few feet away from the horror spectacle police found Susan Sarandon’s stolen gold necklace.
Through a fateful turn of events, Dan Zupansky, an ambitious journalist manages to develop a unique working relationship with Sidney, and through correspondence, letters and phone calls, eventually is given crucial documentary and physical evidence pertaining to the murder trial. He becomes the star witness for the prosecution, testifying against the killer, trying desperately to ensure he spends the rest of his life in prison.
Through his investigation Dan discovers the incredible role Susan Sarndon's stolen jewelry really had in the shocking motive behind the murder-horror spectacle and he will talk publicly about that for the very first time. You will hear some of the killer's actual revelations-as heard at trial. A very strong warning-Not for the faint of heart.
The definitive discussion about the most shocking book you'll ever dare to read. TROPHY KILL: The Shall We Dance Murder-The Trial and Revelations of a Psychopathic Killer-Dan Zupansky Follow and comment on Facebook-TRUE MURDER: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064697978510Check out TRUE MURDER PODCAST @ truemurderpodcast.com

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history and the authors that have written about them.

0:54.0

Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker, DCK, every week another fascinating author talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.

1:06.0

True Murder with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.

1:12.0

Obsessed with celebrity, his role model serial killers, with Susan Sarand installed necklaces, Sydney hatches a diabolical plan to achieve his ultimate fantasy.

1:35.0

Trophy kill, the shall we dance murder, the trial and revelations of a psychopathic killer.

1:50.0

On July 1, 2003, the Miramax movie shall we dance, starring Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarand in a rich and gear, was being filmed in Winnipeg.

2:02.0

The next day, Sydney Tier Hughes walked into a police station, claiming he had awoken from a drunken blackout to discover a man dead in the bathtub, maintaining had no memory of the killing.

2:14.0

Police discovered the victim cut into eight pieces, decapitated, disemboweled, sawn in half, with all of the internal organs missing.

2:25.0

The dismembered and mutilated corpse was posed, crudely reassembled, with Susan Sarand in his gold necklace, found a few feet away from the murder horror spectacle.

2:37.0

Through a faithful turn of events, journalist Dan Zufansky has an opportunity to correspond with the killer.

2:43.0

He gains his trust in his eventually sent a series of shocking letters and diagrams, outlining every graphic and horrific detail of the murder, organ removal and sex with the corpse.

2:55.0

Dan contacts authorities and is suddenly thrust into the trial as the prosecution star witness, testifying against the killer, desperate to see him sentenced to life in prison.

3:06.0

Prosecutors have the burden to prove Sydney had the necessary intent to kill. If they fail, Sydney walks the streets again.

3:15.0

Discover the incredible rule that Susan Sarand and Stolden Jewelry had in the motive for one of the most horrifying murders of all time.

3:27.0

Good evening. This is your host, Dan Zufansky, for the program, true murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history, and the authors that have written about them.

3:37.0

Now, using this program as an opportunity to promote my upcoming book, my first book, this book is about trophy kill, the trial and revelations of the psychopathic killer, the shall we dance murder.

3:56.0

I'm going to explain and unfold the story to my audience tonight. I have seen over the past programs that there have been some telephone callers.

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