Episode 214: The Rape & Murder of a Transgender Man That Changed a Country (Case of Brandon Teena)
Becoming a mom is a dream for a lot of people. Especially Tom’s mom. She saw all the other moms and their deep connections with their beautiful children.
So when Tom was born, she was ready for that. She would never get it. Her own son made her nervous. He made her feel unsettled. There was just something sinister about the way he did everything.
He never cried, he would sit for hours in a cold bathtub, unmoving and staring at the wall. He liked to light things on fire… watching everything around it burn.
Tom’s mom was… scared of him. She knew there was something wrong with him, but she didn’t know what. She had no idea that he would go on to commit a triple homicide that would forever change the world.
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Book: “All He Wanted” - by Aphrodite Jones
(Please listen to the first few minutes of the episode to get the full breakdown of this book - but TRIGGER WARNING - there is misgendering in this book)
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/12/two-decades-after-brandon-teenas-murder-a-look-back-at-falls-city/282738/
https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/06/20/how-i-broke-and-botched-the-brandon-teena-story/
https://inmagazine.ca/2018/12/flashback-brandon-teena-is-raped-and-murdered-december-31-1993/
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/brandon-teena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Teena
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Brandon-Teena
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/brandon-teenas-legacy-and-the-devastating-hate-crime-that-took-his-life
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/boysdontcry.php
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=mfsfront;c=mfs;c=mfsfront;idno=ark5583.0016.004;g=mfsg;rgn=main;view=text;xc=1
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