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Murder in the Moonlight

In Cold Blood

17 Feb 2025

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When Wayne and Sharmon Stock are found shot to death in their farmhouse, the investigation starts close to home.

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3.246 - 34.096 Keith Morrison

It was late, past midnight. The moon was nearly full, and its pale ghost light spread across the great, dark Nebraska plains. Not quite enough to see much of anything. The moon had no competition, not out here, so far from the polluting light of a city or town of any size. A few farm buildings, caught in the muted glow, threw black moon shadows, and all around was silence. Almost.

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38.018 - 63.513 Keith Morrison

It was a pickup truck by the sound of it, tires crunching over gravel, headlights poking at the night along the country road, as if the driver was looking for something. And there it was, rising out of the dark. A farmhouse. The pickup slowed down, turned in. The driver looked at his companion. This was the place.

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64.633 - 96.085 Keith Morrison

They gathered up their tools, got out, gently, gently shut the truck's doors, and walked across the yard. It was a big two-story place, old, established. Even in the moonlight, it showed off a little, like people cared about this house, about appearances. Was anyone home? Maybe, maybe not. No sign of life, no movement inside, no dog barked. One of them made a decision.

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96.785 - 117.784 Keith Morrison

They would not enter through the front door as family would, but in quick order, they found a window, unlocked. So, here it was, the way inside. No turning back now. This is a story about fear.

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118.324 - 123.828 Tammy Stock

I was sitting up in bed and I said, Andy, should I be shaking? And he said, that's normal. It's shock.

124.408 - 133.534 Keith Morrison

The fight, flight, or freeze kind of fear that grabs you by the throat. So there was a real, genuine itch in your back that somebody was going to come after you.

134.462 - 136.664 Tammy Stock

Come after me, come after my family.

137.564 - 146.911 Keith Morrison

And it's a story about certainty. And I'm going to do my level best to hang your ass on the highest tree. Certainty, right or wrong.

148.172 - 151.094 Narrator

I know what happened and no one will believe me.

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