*TW* This crime involves the murder of a Trans person.

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20 year old Brandon Teena moved to a new city in the 90’s to start over. When he met Lana Tisdel the two fell madly in love. However, when Brandon was arrested for forging checks his past came to light in this new town. Lana’s hateful friends assaulted Brandon on Christmas Eve, and when Brandon went to the police they felt they needed to silence Brandon forever.

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Content:

00:00 - Intro

01:27 - Start of Case

04:50 - Background

09:06 - Move to Falls City

11:14 - Meet Lana

12:29 - Brandon Arrested

18:04 - Christmas Eve Assault

21:52 - Back at Lisa Lamberts

24:03 - New Years Eve Murder

31:43 - Arressted

32:50 - Trial

38:48 - Lawsuit

40:38 - Appeals

41:15 - Boys Don’t Cry

41:37 - Appeals

48:50 - Wrap Up

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Intro by the amazing Rux Ton

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Logo by Sloane of The Sophisticated Crayon

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SOURCES:

https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/06/20/how-i-broke-and-botched-the-brandon-teena-story/ 

 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/01/13/the-humboldt-murders 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Teena 

 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/brandon-teena 

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20131214094604/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/not_guilty/brandon/6.html