In the snow-dusted driveway of a Pennsylvania estate, one of America’s wealthiest men raised a .44 Magnum and ended the life of an Olympic champion. This is the story of John Eleuthère du Pont—chemical heir, self-proclaimed ornithologist, wrestling messiah, and murderer.

In this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we dive deep into the bizarre world of Foxcatcher Farm: where Olympic gold medalists trained alongside thoroughbred horses, where a private army patrolled the grounds, and where paranoia finally exploded into bloodshed on January 26, 1996.

From the intoxicating lure of unlimited money to the slow unraveling of a mind convinced he was being hunted by underground forces, this episode explores how absolute power, mental illness, and the American obsession with winning created one of the most haunting true-crime sagas of the 20th century.

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