#36: The 1980s Burger King Shooting of Marie Grossman In 1987, Marie Grossman was the embodiment of the American dream: a trailblazing attorney, a devoted mother, and a woman who had meticulously built a life of stability and purpose. But on a foggy December evening, a routine stop for fast food on her way to her son's wrestling match placed her directly in the path of two men with a loaded revolver and a terrifying history of "asset card" abductions. This episode explores the intersection of two vastly different lives—a high-achieving professional and a nineteen-year-old former basketball star who believed the rules no longer applied to him. When Richard Thompson stepped between the menu board and Marie’s car, he triggered a sequence of events that would force Marie to make a split-second, life-altering gamble based on a trauma she had buried for decades. What happens when a victim refuses to follow the script of compliance? How does a community react when a pattern of systemic negligence at a major corporation is finally brought to light? This is a story of incredible resilience, the high cost of corporate indifference, and an unconventional quest for a type of justice that the legal system wasn't designed to provide.

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This week: The Killer (1989)

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This week: The Killer (1989)

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#31: The Many Lives of Lori Erica Kennedy On Christmas Eve morning, 2010, a family in East Texas makes a devastating discovery in their driveway. But the tragedy is only the beginning. When relatives search the deceased woman's home days later, they find a locked strongbox hidden at the bottom of a craft supplies container. Inside are documents, photographs, and cryptic scraps of paper. What follows is a years-long investigation involving a determined federal agent, cutting-edge forensic science, and thousands of amateur detectives on the internet, all trying to answer a seemingly simple question: Who was she? The trail leads through stolen identities, falsified documents, and a woman who went to extraordinary lengths to erase every trace of her past. But the deeper question remains: Why would someone work so hard to become a ghost?

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"Double Lives: The Game Show Killer’s Trail of Rural Terror" He charmed audiences as a game show contestant—but in the shadows, John William Cooper stalked Wales’ countryside as a rapist and quadruple murderer. Unravel how this farmer and churchgoer hid in plain sight for 20 years, committing unspeakable crimes while flashing his TV-famous smile. We expose Cooper’s sadistic rituals, the cold cases reopened by a tenacious detective, and the DNA breakthrough that finally unmasked him. From the 1985 double murder of siblings to his twisted "hunting grounds," learn why he’s one of Britain’s most depraved serial offenders. How did a man so visible evade justice for decades? The answer will shatter your trust in familiarity.

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#20: The Mother and the Midnight Road - Shots in the Dark "A mother’s story. A quiet road. And a truth no one wanted to hear." May 1983 – Springfield, Oregon. A red car pulls into the emergency bay of McKenzie-Willamette Hospital. Inside are three young children—each shot at close range. One is dead on arrival. Another is paralyzed. The third is barely clinging to life. Their mother, 27-year-old Diane Downs, tells staff they were ambushed on a dark, rural road by a man who stepped into their path, demanded her car, and opened fire. News of the shooting spreads quickly. A mother attacked. Her children the victims of a senseless act of violence. Local papers cover the case closely. Sympathy pours in from the community. But as investigators begin piecing together what happened on Old Mohawk Road, questions begin to emerge. There’s no physical evidence of a struggle. No sign of a suspect. The crime scene is quiet. Too quiet. In this episode, we examine the events of that night, the immediate police response, and the growing public attention surrounding a case that would grip the country. From the first emergency call to the haunting testimony that followed, this is the story of three children, a quiet road, and a night that left Oregon forever changed. LISTEN AD-FREE AND A DAY EARLY ON - https://patreon.com/NightwatchFiles  http://www.nightwatchfiles.com

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Major companies like Morinaga and Marudai Ham were next.
Thousands of snacks pulled from store shelves.
Families feared for their kids.
Japan had never seen anything like it.
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