*PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the release of Murderotica. Any mention of "This is Trash" is in reference to our former podcast. We just really loved this episode and wanted to give y'all something to binge. Here's to more foreplay and less foul-play!*

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On December 24th, 2008 Bruce Pardo, dressed as Santa Claus entered the home of the Ortega family and took the lives of 9 individuals. 

In this episode, Mel introduces us to the Ortegas and Pardo and exactly what went down the weeks prior to the massacre and the evening itself. Bruce is a sick piece of shit who not only abandoned a wife and special needs child but selfishly took out his inadequacy issues on an entire family. Not to mention who he was planning to kill next. 

We really wanted to keep the theme of this month's true crime Christmas related, but this story will definitely not make you feel jolly. I know we needed some hot cocoa and Hallmark movies after this one. 

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References: 

https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-santa-shooting31-2008dec31-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-pardo28-2008dec28-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-santa-shooting30-2008dec30-story.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1101822/Pictured-The-home-flame-thrower-Santa-Suit-spurned-ex-husband-used-slaughtered-people.html

https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/covina-massacre-santa-suit-bruce-pardo-ortega-family

https://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/27/santa.shooting/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeSvPr8Ar3k&ab_channel=MorbidMinds

https://medium.com/california-dreaming/bruce-pardo-the-santa-claus-shooter-a3225f4baac2

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