Cases of murder-suicide seem to leave behind massive amounts of devastation. These tragic occurrences seem to be primarily male-driven for many reasons. Join Janelle and Vicky as they examine two horrifying cases and attempt to unravel the explanations behind these tragedies.

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Research links below!:

People - "Mich. Man Who Killed Wife, Family Members Before Suicide Was Having Affair and Was Abusive, Victim Wrote"
NBC News - "Man who killed his wife and her family in a murder-suicide grew 'more manipulative, more controlling' amid divorce, lawyer says"
New York Post - "Protection order denied for Michigan woman weeks before murder-suicide: report"
Inside Edition - "Michigan Family Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide After Judge Denies Wife's Protective Order Request"
9 an 10 News - "Community is Devastated After Triple Murder Suicide in Houghton Lake"
LEB - "Domestic Murder-Suicide: A Compound Tragedy"
Oxygen -"Estranged Husband Of Michigan Woman Denied Protective Order Killed Her Entire Family"

Fox 8 - "Deadly Secrets: The Lawson Family Murder"
PlanetSlade - "So hard to die: Murder of the Lawson Family"
Southern Calls - "The Lawson Family Tragedy: A North Carolina Christmas Story"
Horror Obsessive - "Christmas Mass Murder: The Lawson Family"
Murderpedia - "Charles Davis Lawson"
"White Christmas, Bloody Christmas: Finally, The True Story Of The Lawson Family Murders Of Christmas Day, 1929" by M. Bruce Jones with Trudy J. Smith
"The Carolina Buddies - Murder Of The Lawson Family" (Youtube)
"The Stanley Brothers - The Story of the Lawson Family" (Youtube)