Finding Mom's Killer | 2. The Stories We Tell
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How do family stories shape our perception of the world?
The Binge. Feed your true crime obsession. We all remember the stories our parents told us. Not just the bedtime stories, but the ones our parents told about themselves. The stories that summed up who they were, their place in the world, and the lives we, their children, might someday lead. As a kid, Collier Landry Boyle heard lots of these stories. There was one his dad especially liked to tell. It was a stunner. The first time Collier heard it, he and his parents were in the dining room of an exclusive country club, hosting a party for his father's medical colleagues. Collier was eight years old, crayons in hand.
So I'm just kind of doodling away, and we have all these doctors and their wives around us. And my father's telling this story of how he was flying a solo mission for the Navy. during the Vietnam War over the South China Sea and he gets shot down in his fighter plane.
What tales did Collier's father tell about his past?
The smoke in the engines is billowing and he's trying to pull the ejection lever and his F-14 Tomahawk crash lands into the South China Sea. And he cannot get out. And the water is coming in through the cracked cockpit, right? As he's slowly sinking. And he gets out his trusty bowie knife and uses the blade to cut his way out of the cockpit. And he sees an island off into the distance. And he swam to this island. And he survives in the jungle, eating bark and slugs and waits for the naval team to rescue him. And my mother is listening and nodding because she's enthralled with the story.
Collier's mother has no doubt heard this story many times before, but Collier hasn't, and he's captivated.
Everybody wants to believe their father is a, you know, the savior of the world, right?
From Sony Music Entertainment and Orbit Media, this is Finding Mom's Killer. I'm Steve Fishman. Episode 2, The Stories We Tell.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How do family stories shape our perception of the world?
1:00–2:37
2
What tales did Collier's father tell about his past?
2:37–5:35
3
Why is Collier worried about his mother's disappearance?
5:35–8:23
4
What was Collier's childhood like with his parents?
8:23–10:46
5
How did Collier's family adapt to life in Mansfield, Ohio?
10:46–15:13
6
Who is Sherry and how did Collier meet her?
15:13–33:02