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Wrestling and Murder - June 22 2020 - Daily True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

June 22nd: Chris Benoit Kills Family (2007) Wrestling is, no doubt, a dangerous sport. Despite it being well choreographed, we can all agree that the men and women who excel in the sport, take a beating. On June 22nd 2007 a WWE star took the lives of his wife and child. And, while we will never know his true motives, many believe it was the sport itself that was to blame for Chris Benoit’s descent into darkness. 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit 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 the silver-racement-office.

0:03.9

We have a weird...

0:05.8

...described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.5

Morning.

0:09.8

Cuff of murder.

0:10.8

Wrestling is, no doubt, a dangerous sport.

0:14.1

Despite being well choreographed, we can all agree that the men and women who excel in the sport take a beating.

0:23.8

On June 22, 2007, a W.W.E. Star took the lives of his wife and child. And while we will never know his true

0:29.8

motives, many believe it was the sport itself that was to blame for Chris Benoit's descent

0:35.1

into darkness. So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,

0:40.0

sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. Chris Benoit, before the tragedies that left

0:48.2

him stripped of his accolades, accomplished quite a bit during his 22-year wrestling career. He held 22 championships, was a two-time world champion, and one-time World Heavyweight

0:59.5

champion in the WCW and W.W.E.

1:03.5

Was the 12th to achieve both WWE and WCW Triple Crown Championships, was the 2004 Royal Rumble winner and headlined multiple

1:13.9

pay-per-view events for the W.E. He was considered by many to be one of the top 10

1:19.6

wrestlers of all time and had a wide fan base to prove it. Chris had been married twice and had

1:26.2

two children with his first wife, Martina.

1:29.2

But by 1997, his marriage was breaking down and he was living with a woman named Nancy Sullivan,

1:35.3

the wife of the WCW Booker and frequent opponent, Kevin Sullivan. Chris and Nancy had their son,

1:41.6

Daniel, on February 25, 2000, and on November 23rd of that same year,

1:47.0

the two were married. Both were hoping for a more successful marriage than their last, but just

1:52.3

three years later, Nancy was filing divorce, citing that the marriage was irrevocably broken

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