In this episode, we look at the collegiate tragedy of Sinedu Tedesse: friendship gone wrong, the limits of human ambition, and the dark underbelly of the American dream. Because the thing they don’t tell you about having your greatest dream come true, is what to do with yourself afterwards. 

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This series is hosted by Mary Kay McBrayer. Check out more of her work at www.marykaymcbrayer.com.

This episode was written by Mary Kay McBrayer

Developed by Scott Waxman, Emma DeMuth, and Jacob Bronstein

Associate Producer is Leo Culp
Produced by Antonio Enriquez
Theme Music by Tyler Cash
Executive Produced by Scott Waxman and Emma DeMuth

Special thanks to:
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SOURCES

 

1. The Harvard Student Who Killed Her Roommate, Melanie Thernstrom 
2. Harvard Deaths Leave a Puzzle Whose Central Piece May Never Be Found, Fox Butterfield
3. Hostage to The Past: The 1995 Murder Suicide in Dunster, Hillary A. McLauchlin 
4. Rethinking the American Dream: The Cost of Coming to America: Immigration and Depression in the Case of Sinedu Tadesse, Menna Demessie
5. Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder, Melanie Thernstrom

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