To get our minds off the mass murder some Republicans are willing to commit to boost the stock market, Strange Country will focus on another mass murderer who killed his entire family before flying to Cancun to impersonate a New York Times reporter. Join Beth and Kelly on the strange topic of Christian Longo who murdered his wife and three young children in 2001.

Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands

Cite your sources:

Epps, Garrett. “The Real Christian Longo Is Far More Depraved Than James Franco's Character in True Story.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 24 Apr. 2015, www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/04/the-real-story-behind-true-story/391376/.

Finkel, Michael. “THE JOURNALIST AND THE MURDERER: Vanity Fair: June 2005.” Vanity Fair | The Complete Archive, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2005, archive.vanityfair.com/article/2005/6/the-journalist-and-the-murderer.

Finkel, Michael. True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa. HarperPerennial, 2015.

“Oregon Man Guilty Of Killing His Family Gets Death Sentence.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Apr. 2003, www.nytimes.com/2003/04/17/us/oregon-man-guilty-of-killing-his-family-gets-death-sentence.html.

“The Pretender: The Case of Christian Longo.” CBS News, CBS Interactive, www.cbsnews.com/news/the-pretender-christian-longo-and-michael-finkel/.

Smith, Carlton. Love, Daddy. St. Martins Paperbacks, 2003.