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Start your summer road trip at Midas and
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get up to $30 off your next repair
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service. Plus, get a free closer look vehicle
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check to make sure you're road trip ready.
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If you need brake service and alignment check
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or tune up, hit up Midas for up
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to $30 off. For more details, request your
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appointment at midas.com. This
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podcast details true crime cases. It
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contains adult themes and may contain descriptions
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of violence. It is not intended
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for children. Listener discretion is
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advised. Thank
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you for joining me for today's episode of Once
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Upon a Crime. Welcome to
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season nine. In our
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first true crime series this season,
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I'll share cases of family annihilators.
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A family annihilator is a parent, most
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often a father, who murders several members
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of their immediate family in a short
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period of time. One
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infamous example of a family annihilator is
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John List, who I covered in season
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one of this podcast, episode 39. John
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List murdered his wife, children, and mother
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before going on the run for 17 years.
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In today's case, I'll tell you the
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story of Ronald Jean Simmons. Simmons
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is unique in that he not only
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killed his family members in a methodically
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planned way over several days, but
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also continued his killing spree to
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exact revenge on employers and others.
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This is chapter one of Deadly Dads,
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Ronald Jean Simmons. Ronald
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Jean Simmons was obsessed with having things
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in order. His possessions were
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cataloged and notated in ledgers, journals,
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and on scraps of paper. He
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kept Start
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your summer road trip at Midas and get up to $30
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off your next repair service. Plus get a free closer look
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vehicle check to make sure you're road trip ready. So if
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you need a brake service and alignment check or tune up,
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hit up Midas for up to $30 off. For
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more details, request your appointment at midas.com.
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