If your parent had asked you to do something illegal as a teen, how would you have reacted? What it it was murder; what recourse would you have? This is the sad and sordid tale of a selfish Orange Co., CA man who, in 1985, persuaded his 14-year-old daughter to kill her stepmother. It's a tale that delves into the twisted mind of a bad dad who cherished wealth and under-aged young women more than he did his children. When his scheme was uncovered, he doubled down and ordered the killing of more people, including his deceased wife's younger sister--who, in a secret ceremony, had become his sixth wife.

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Host: Paris Brown

Produced, written, & edited by: Paris Brown

Music by: Dr. Frankenstein. "Theme for 'The Mad Thinker'" from *The Cursed Tapes: Stolen Songs from Dr. Frankenstein's Lab*, 2005

and by

Julie Maxwell. "Childhood Memories" from *Farther Than All the Stars*, 2016.

Podcast artwork by: Nathalie Rattner ([email protected])

Logo lettering by: St. Anchor Graphics

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SOURCES AND RECOMMENDED READING:

Dizon, Lily. “Celebrity ‘Hit Man’ Now Faces Atonement.” Los Angeles Times. 2 May 1992.

Pinsky, Mark I. “Young Killer in Murder Plot Freed.” Los Angeles Times. 29 Feb 1992.

Rule, Ann. If You Really Loved Me: A True Story of Desire and Murder. Simon and Schuster, 1991.

Singular, Stephen, Tim Hill, and Danielle Hill. A Killing in the Family: A True Story of Love, Lies, and Murder. Avon, 1991.