When Jocks Attack: Power Corrupts - A Bizarre Story of Murder for Hire

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 23 July 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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George Bernard Shaw once said that it’s not really power that corrupts people. It’s the other way around. Well, he said it fancier than that, but that was the gist. We all want power, to some degree. Physical strength, sexual prowess, political sway. Most of us don’t let it control our lives, eat away at our humanity to the point where it’s all we care about. But for some of us, power is kinda like steroids. It makes us big and strong, but it’s addictive and the side effects can be murder.

Sources:
Scoundrels to the Hoosegow by Morley Swingle, chapter "Millionaire Murderer"
https://law.justia.com/cases/missouri/court-of-appeals/1994/17970-1.html
Investigation Discovery's "Killer Bods," episode "Fit for Murder"

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1:01.5	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction.
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1:13.5	George Bernard Shaw once said that it's not really power that corrupts people.
1:17.5	It's the other way around.
1:19.5	Well, he said it fancier than that, but that was the gist.
1:23.5	We all want power to some degree.
1:25.5	Physical strength, sexual prowess, political sway.
1:28.5	Most of us don't let it control our lives, eat away at our humanity to the point where it's all we care about.
1:34.5	But for some of us, power is kind of like steroids.
1:37.5	It makes us big and strong, but it's addictive and the side effects can be murder.
1:41.5	This is our first win-jock's attack.
1:44.5	Power corrupts, a story of murder for hire.
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