44 episodes
Murder in Illinois iHeart True Crime
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3.0 • 2.5K Ratings
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In 2007, Chris Vaughn was arrested during a funeral for his wife and three children. He would be tried and convicted of their murders. To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred that tragic day 20 years ago. Murder in Illinois follows the complicated circumstances that led to Vaughn’s conviction, as well as the forensic evidence his supporters believe proves his innocence- in attempt to answer one question: Who killed the Vaughn family?
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Miami - MIM E1
Phil Stanford leaves political reporting in Washington D.C. to cover crime stories and stumbles directly into the dangerous, cocaine-fueled world of Miami in the early 1980s. In the process he finds himself intertwined with an unsolved murder after a chance encounter at a dive bar with a private detective named Clay Williams.
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Introducing: "Murder in Miami"
In the 1980s crime journalist Phil Stanford dove into the decadent and dangerous world of Miami just as the city was becoming the cocaine- and murder- capital of the United States. His path would place him in the crosshairs of a federal investigation focusing on a mysterious and controversial drug smuggling pilot who claimed to be an operative of the American government- all while flaunting his extensive illicit activity. Murder in Miami traces the connection between the murder of a missing Miami private investigator to the sprawling roots of an international money laundering scheme as Stanford tries to make sense of his role in a surreal story of spies, smugglers, killers and corruption. All reaching to the highest levels on both sides of the law.
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The Tragedy - MII E1
In the quiet pre-dawn hours of June 14th, 2007 the Vaughn family- Christopher, his wife Kimberly and their three children- set out for an impromptu trip to a waterpark. The family would never arrive.
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Before - MII E2
Before Christopher Vaughn was known as a convicted killer, he was a son and a brother in the Vaughn family of Missouri, the eldest of Gail and Pierre Vaughn’s three boys. He would meet his wife- and become a father- while he was still a teenager.
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Family Dynamics - MII E3
As a young couple Kimberly and Christopher struggle with financial insecurity, the pressures of parenting and the growing dysfunction between their two families.
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Devastation - MII E4
Gail receives an unfathomable call as news of the horrific family massacre dominates the media. Chris Vaughn is interrogated, while still in a hospital gown, within hours of the killings.
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Customer Reviews
Bias
Chris’ family is misogynistic and it is evident they resent educated people and they put her down at every turn. “Kim couldn’t cook, Kim was sedentary, insinuating Kim trapped” Chris. Insinuating Kim had loose morals by getting pregnant. They do not seem to have a very objective view of their own kid. Chris’ parents don’t seem to be broken up that their grandkids are dead and more intent on villainizing Kim and her family. The music is horrific and I couldn’t make it past episode 3.
Victim Blaming At Its Worst
I’m halfway through this series and I’m still waiting for any evidence that Chris Vaughn was wrongly convicted. His parents are miserable people and had way too much influence on this podcast. Just awful.
Let’s blame the educated victim and her family
Horrible victim blaming. The killer’s family blames the murders wife and her family for their death. The killers family loves to hunt and kill but there is no way their “loving son” could kill his family. The killers family’s educational insecurity was very revealing. They clearly hated the killed wife. What is wrong with this pod caster. The murdered wife is a “monster mom.” What on earth is this podcast doing?
The podcaster indicates that the eyes of the murder made her think that the killer was innocent bc his eyes were confused. But is that really what his eyes indicate? I say look closer. To me he reflects a feeling of closed down and insecure with some serious pain in his past maybe from his upbringing. That would seem to track more based on the way his family blame shifts and denies with narcissistic tendencies. Do you think that may have created a rage killer? Huh just a thought.