When a superfan goes too far for his "art" - The Wannabe Dexter Killer
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What is today's murder mystery about?
Hi friends, how are you today? My name is Bailey Sarian and today is Monday, which means it's murder, mystery, and makeup Monday. If you're new here, hi. My name is Bailey Sarian and on Mondays I sit down and I talk about a true crime story that's been heavy on my noggin and I do my makeup at the same time. Let me tell you about today's story because I went down a rabbit hole with this guy.
Who is Mark Twitchell and how did he become obsessed with Dexter?
Ugh, ugh. ah this guy's too much this guy's too much today we're talking about this 29 year old his name is mark and he was like a super fan of a tv show called dexter do you remember no okay great well we'll talk about it mark's obsession with the showtime series dexter would eventually lead to the media dubbing him as the dexter killer let me tell you This guy is a lot. Let's get into it, shall we? Let me tell you about this Mark guy. Okay, so Mark Twitchell. He was born on July 4th, 1979 in Edmonton, Canada. It was said from a young age, Mark was obsessed with movies, right? And he dreamed of making it big in the world of cinema. So Mark went on a study at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and he participated in the school's radio and television arts program. After graduating college, Mark married this woman named Megan in 2001. Now there wasn't much said about this first marriage situation.
How did Mark Twitchell's personal life unfold?
I'm assuming they met in college because like they got married like right after graduating college, but you know, whatever. But Megan, she was from Illinois and the two of them, they got married, you know, and Mark ended up moving to Illinois with her. And again, there was like not much said about their marriage, but I think it's safe to say It didn't work out because after three years of marriage, they got divorced. And like, that's all that was said about the marriage. After the divorce, Mark had moved back to Canada. And while he was back at home, he signed up for a dating website. you know, plenty of fish. He was like, I'm gonna get back out there and start dating again. So he gets on this dating website and he ends up meeting a girl named Jess. And this was like 2005. And the two of them, they hit it off and they start dating each other. So then in 2007, Mark, you know, he's still super into movies, right? And he wanted to create his own. It was his passion in life. So he worked on like a little passion project
What was Mark Twitchell's failed attempt at filmmaking?
And it was a Star Wars fan film that was written, produced, and directed by him. Oh yes, he did it all. Now when it came to this film of his, I mean, he went off. All the way off. I mean, Mark had a major talent for prop and costume design. For his film, he had created like replica suits from the Star Wars universe. And honestly, they looked really legit. So the title of this movie was called Secrets of the Rebellion. And it was said that it was receiving like some online hype. People were like kind of excited about it. But like, I'm not really sure because the movie, it wasn't ever completed or released. So I'm not sure who or where they were hyping this up, but allegedly it was hyped. I feel like also Mark probably just was telling people like, yeah, it was super hyped. Mark loved Star Wars. He would dress up in like a costume that he made himself and he would attend movie premieres or anything that was related to the Star Wars world. That was hard for me to say. Star Wars world. You get it. He would dress up. That's great. Like I like, like have your hobby. That's great.
But listen, I guess his costumes were like really, really good because there were two costume contests that he won in 2007. One was at Bear's Halloween Howler and the other was at Sonic's Monster Mash Halloween Bash. What a name. And like each of these were Halloween parties. And you know they had awards for like best costume. And Mark he won. Great, you know? You know the movie Transformers?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is today's murder mystery about?
0:15–0:41
2
Who is Mark Twitchell and how did he become obsessed with Dexter?
0:41–1:52
3
How did Mark Twitchell's personal life unfold?
1:52–2:55
4
What was Mark Twitchell's failed attempt at filmmaking?
2:55–12:26
5
What happened during Mark's attack on Gilles?
12:26–18:27
6
How did Johnny Altinger become a victim?
18:27–26:28
7
How did police get involved in Mark Twitchell's case?
26:28–29:32
8
What evidence did the police find against Mark Twitchell?
29:32–50:02
Speakers
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