Episode 63: Christmas Eve Massacre - The Goldmark Family Murders"
“To whom it may concern, I am the person you are looking for in the Goldmark case."
In 1985, on the night before Christmas in Seattle, WA, a family’s festive plans would turn into a blood bath. The investigation into their brutal and bizarre murders would reveal a twisted, sick mind behind a conspiracy to hunt down and eradicate members of the Communist Party. It remains today one of the most disturbing and violent hate crimes and politically motivated murders in the history of the United States.
Content Warnings: Child homicide, torture, multiple murders, hate crimes
Key Themes: Family Murders, Child Homicide, Torture, Hate Crimes, Conspiracy Theories, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Communism, Political Violence, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Delusional Psychosis
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Research for Episode 63 includes:
A Rumor in Madrona | Seattle Met
The relationship between paranoia and aggression in psychosis: A systematic review - ScienceDirect