Episode 172 - Broken Arrow Killings - The Bever Family Tragedy

They say you can get almost anything online. Well, in 2015, teenage brothers, Robert and Michael Bever tested this theory and found it to be true. Anything they could dream up was just a click away.

And what they had in mind was truly frightening.

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Research & Writing:

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Editing:

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Sources:

2 News Oklahoma: Notes from the courtroom as Robert Bever takes stand in brother's murder trial

Ancestry.com [record search for April & David Bever]

BBC: How many US mass shootings have there been in 2023?

CBS News: Cops: Brothers killed family as part of mass murder plot; wanted fame

City of Broken Arrow: History of the Name of Broken Arrow

Justia US Law: Bever v. State

KJRH: Documents, 911 call notes from Broken Arrow quintuple homicide released

KTUL: Bever Children Remembered As Sweet and Quiet

KTUL: Bever family home still standing, neighbors need help tearing it down

New York Daily News: Oklahoma teen 'laughed' while describing killing five family members as part of brothers' gruesome mass murder plan

News 9: Woman shares memories of Bever children’s public outing on day of the murders

News on 6: Neighbour says accused teen murderer is unrecognizable from person she knows

News on 6: Notes from the courtroom as Robert Bever takes stand in brother’s murder trial

NY Daily News: SEE IT: Video of Oklahoma brothers emerges, shot before they possibly filmed themselves murdering parents, siblings

PEOPLE: Oklahoma House Where 2 Brothers Allegedly Stabbed Parents and 3 Siblings to Death Had a 'Sketchy Vibe,' Neighbor Tells PEOPLE

Reddit: (April Bever’s posts as u/aokiemom)

The Blitz 1170AM: BA Police Officer Calls Bever Home Bloodiest Scene He's Ever Been To

The Frontier: Testimony: Bever brothers ordered arsenal online, attacked family to launch killing spree

The Guardian: Broken Arrow police scour social media for clues to family stabbings motive

Tulsa World: Broken Arrow city officials dedicate Reflection Park after Bever killings

Tulsa World: Broken Arrow killings: Not guilty plea entered for brothers accused of stabbing family

Tulsa World: Family killings maybe on video

Tulsa World: Photos from Michael Bever’s jailhouse notebook among murder trial evidence released Friday

Tulsa World: Robert Bever attempted to hang himself in Tulsa jail cell

Tulsa World: Seven Years Ago: Five members of Bever family murdered in Broken Arrow

Tulsa World: Stigmatized' house remains empty one year after Bever family massacre in Broken Arrow

Tulsa World: Vacant Broken Arrow home where five Bever family members were killed burns in overnight blaze

Tulsa World: Robert Bever breaks down in tears on witness stand in younger brother’s murder trial, says they acted together but ‘in (their) own ways

Wikipedia: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Wikipedia: Trail of Tears

YouTube: Broken Arrow killings 911 calls (obtained via FOIA request)

YouTube: Law & Crime Network: Police Interrogate 16-Year-Old Who Murdered His Parents and Three Siblings