He Murdered a Woman on Live TV - The Vester Flanagan story

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Narrator 0:00

So this psychopath unalives a news reporter live on the air. Now his name is Vester and he's a TV reporter himself. He's also just kind of an angry dude. Like he's just mad about a lot of stuff. And at his TV reporter job, bro does not get along with his coworkers. And I guess one day, one of his coworkers says something kind of homophobic to him, because Vester is gay. And that really sets him off. And later, he gets into it with some other coworkers, and he starts verbally abusing them. And everyone there basically thinks he's a diva, and there are a lot of problems and drama always surrounding Vester. So, bam, he eventually gets fired. And bro is pissed, because he feels like he's the victim here.

Narrator 0:46

So then, boom, he sues the TV station, for racial discrimination for some reason. And eventually, the news station settles with him out of court, and the details of that settlement have never been disclosed. But whatever, Fester moves on. He's gonna go be angry at someone else. And he goes and he gets another job in another state, but the pattern of problems and drama continue. He'll get hired because he's good on the air, but ultimately something goes down with his coworkers, and he responds a bit too aggressively, and bam, he gets fired again. But whatever, eventually he gets a job at this news station, WDBJ. And he becomes a reporter there, reporting on local stuff. And this actually seems to be a pretty good gig for him.

Narrator 1:31

Until... One day, Vester's working on a story with this camera guy, Adam. And Adam allegedly says something that really sets Vester off. And he gets pissed. Now, I don't know if Adam actually said something bad to him or if this is just Vester being an angry guy again. Regardless, Vester just loses it on Adam. And Adam gets freaked out and he goes and he reports Vester to HR. And then, on a different day, Vester's working around another co-worker. This woman. Allison, and allegedly she makes some comment around him that is racist or that comes across as racist. Now, I don't know if she actually made a comment, but this has been investigated extensively and there's no evidence Allison actually said anything overtly racist to him. Ever.

Narrator 2:16

Regardless, whatever happened also pisses Vester off. And soon enough of his co-workers report him to HR for hostile behavior and the news station eventually tells him he's fired. And then he gets all aggressive and he flips out and he says, I'm not leaving, you're gonna have to call the f***ing police. And so the news station calls the police and the police come and they have to escort his crazy ass out. But as angry as Vester is, he moves on again. And he's going to get a job as a reporter somewhere else. And he ends up landing an interview at a TV station in Pennsylvania. And he interviews there, and this TV station likes him, but they call his references. And I guess all his references say he's difficult to work with. Like, he's a lot of drama. So ultimately, Vester doesn't get the job in Pennsylvania. And this pisses him off even more. And all this anger, it just keeps building and building for about a year. And then one day, boom, he files a lawsuit against WDBJ News Station for racial discrimination and sexual discrimination.

Narrator 3:22

He essentially claims they were racist and homophobic towards him. But for whatever reasons, months later, this lawsuit is dismissed. And this, of course, pisses Vester off even more. And at this point, he's almost reached his limit. But then, the next year, something absolutely crazy happens. Something unrelated to Vester. In South Carolina, a random racist white guy walks into a black church one day. And he's got a pew-pew. And he just starts blasting. Blam! Blam! And he unalives nine people. And it's a horrible tragedy. And of course, this is a huge news story across the whole country. And Vester, he hears about this tragedy. And this finally sends him over the edge. A white man unaliving a bunch of innocent black people? They're not going to get away with this. And so he decides to get revenge. But not on the racist shooter in South Carolina. He decides to get revenge on the old coworkers at WDPJ, the ones who reported him and got him fired. So then two days after the South Carolina church massacre, Vester goes and he buys a pew pew.