In this episode, we delve into two major tragedies that shook the United States. First, the story of Mark Orin Barton, a day trader whose life was destroyed by financial losses. Pressure and despair drove him to murder his wife and two children with a hammer, then kill nine co-workers in Atlanta in 1999. Even more shocking, Barton had been suspected of murdering his first wife six years earlier — but managed to escape justice.
Four years before the Barton tragedy, the Harvey family in Virginia fell victim to a brutal murder in their own home. Ricky Gray and Ray Dandridge tortured and killed all four family members before setting the house on fire to cover their tracks. In this episode, you will learn how psychological pressure, narcissism, and inherited violence can drive someone to commit irrational acts—and how these two cases opened the world's eyes to the darkest side of the human soul.


This episode includes AI-generated content.