Episode 220: He Role-plays Murder Games With Friends Till It’s No Longer A Game
The letters brought them together. Dean was sitting in his office when he got his letter. He could feel his pulse picking up. Someone knew what he did.
Not too far away, Norman and Todd were shaking as they opened their letters. Inside Norman’s letter were a series of pictures of a woman. Norman understood the blackmailer wanted this woman killed or else he would die.
Todd anxiously waited for his best friend Norman to tell him what was in his package.
“Todd, it’s your wife. They want me to kill her.”
Welcome to the murder games where real lives were at stake.
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Book: “Kill or Be Killed” - by Robert Scott
(The author interviewed friends of the people involved as well as those directly involved and based the book on court documents. It was an incredibly thorough look into the case!)
Show: “Where Murder Lies: The Glass Heart”
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-supreme-court/1891091.html
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-5660/64151/20180918173830550_Garton%20Opp.%20to%20Writ%20of%20Certiorari2.pdf
https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2018/03/05/state-supreme-court-upholds-shasta-county-death-penalty-case/394834002/
https://www.oxygen.com/mastermind-of-murder/crime-news/how-todd-garton-used-friend-to-kill-his-pregnant-wife
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