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Death in the Dorms Season 2: Episode 4: Max Gruver
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Louisiana State University freshman Max Gruver dies in a hazing ritual in 2017, rocking Greek life on campus and beyond. Originally Aired: 02/22/24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hi there, 2020 listeners. This is Deborah Roberts. This week, we're bringing you episode four of Death in the Dorms, season two. Today, you'll hear the story of Max Groover, a first-year student at Louisiana State University and a fraternity pledge event that spiraled violently out of control.
Kids aren't supposed to die in college. Kids aren't supposed to die at all. I don't even think we were a month into school yet before the news came, breaking news. Police at Louisiana State University investigating the death of 18-year-old freshman Max Groover. And it was like all hell broke loose. No one knew what to do.
It was Max's time. Max was going to go spread his wings. College was really going to be his time.
I keep dripping Candle in the sun I've got nowhere to run and hide If I make it through In the small amount of time that Max was on this planet, he made us better people.
Steve and I met here in Atlanta, Georgia. We got married pretty quickly. We were engaged within the first year. And we ended up in Roswell, Georgia, which is just north of Atlanta. And that's where we got our first house. That's where we started our family. Max was our first. We were very excited. And he came to us on January 27, 1999.
From the beginning, you knew he was something special when he was just a little baby. I walked into the room and Max is sitting in his crib and he had one of his Mickey Mouses sitting here and another Mickey Mouse sitting here. And this is before he could even really talk, right? But he's got a book out in front. He's pretending to read to his two Mickeys.
Growing up, he was such an avid reader and he loves sports. The minute he could start throwing a ball, he'd pick it up and throw a ball. He loved when his brother would play and we'd go to his games. Max and Alex, they're almost exactly two years apart. Those two were fast friends, very close brothers from the beginning.
I would call him my best friend growing up. One reason I always looked up to Max is because he was so carefree. He would do something and say, hey, I don't care if you don't like it or if you do like it, I like it, so I'm gonna do it.
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