This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Paul Michael Merhige who committed a familicide during Thanksgiving 2009.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Shout Outs
Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words (documentary)
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Little Miss Innocent: Passion. Poison. Prison. (docuseries)
The Lost Children (documentary)
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Footnotes:
Quimbee. (2014). Knight v. Merhige. Retrieved 10/28/2024 from https://www.quimbee.com/cases/knight-v-merhige
Campbell, Janie. (11/28/2009). A History of Violence. NBC Miami. Retrieved 11/02/2024 from https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/a-history-of-violence/2055615/
Hamacher, Brian. (03/09/2010). Thanksgiving Slaughter Victim Out of Coma. NBC Miami. Retrieved 11/04/2024 from https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/thanksgiving-slaughter-victim/1851115/
Campbell, Janie. (09/14/2011). Slain Girl’s Parents To Sue Thanksgiving Killer’s Mom and Dad for Negligence: Lawyers. NBC Miami. Retrieved 11/04/2024 from https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/parents-of-makayla-sitton-to-sue-thanksgiving-killer-paul-merhige-parents/2055945/
Frasier, David K. (n.d.). Murder is My Beat Part One. The Deadly Diva. By NWR. Retrieved 11/04/2024 from https://bynwr.com/posts/the-deadly-diva-songs-in-the-key-of-death
Musgrave, Jane. (09/25/2012). Lawsuit against parents of killer Paul Merhige in Thanksgiving 2009 rampage again dismissed. Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 11/07/2024 from https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2012/09/25/lawsuit-against-parents-killer-paul/7449893007/
Duret, Daphne. (11/05/2011). Medical documents show mental chaos of killer mentally disturbed killer Paul Merhige. The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 11/07/2024 from https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2011/11/05/medical-documents-show-mental-chaos/7467865007/
Lebovich, Jennifer; Beasley, Adam. (11/30/2009). Court records: Sister feared suspect in Thanksgiving slayings. McClatchy DC. Retrieved 11/07/2024 from https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/crime/article24565705.html
The Associated Press. (12/01/2009). Victim’s dad: Thanksgiving killings preplanned. NBC News. Retrieved 11/07/2024 from https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34227244
Musgrave, Jane. (11/29/2011). Merhige’s parents fire back at their accusers with their own lawsuit. The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 11/07/2024 from https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2011/11/29/merhige-s-parents-fire-back/7196442007/
McCarthy, Chloe. (11/15/2023). A Thanksgiving Killer. The Print. Retrieved 11/14/2024 from https://fallstonprint.com/2266/features/a-thanksgiving-killer/
Sohn, Amara; Hamacher, Brian. (01/04/2010). Most Wanted Merhige’s Life on the Lam. NBC Miami. Retrieved 11/14/2024 from https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/most-wanted-merhiges-life-on-the-lam/2050284/
Murderpedia. (n.d.). Paul Michael Merhige. Retrieved 11/14/2024 from https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/merhige-paul.htm
CaseText. (03/26/2014). Knight v Merhige. Retrieved 11/14/2024 from https://casetext.com/case/knight-v-merhige-3
Musgrave, Jane. (09/15/2011). Lawsuit: Merhige’s parents did nothing to stop Thanksgiving slayings. The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 11/15/2024 from
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2011/09/15/lawsuit-merhige-s-parents-did/7486766007/
Moorhouse, Drucilla. (11/22/2023). A Thanksgiving Massacre In 2009 Highlights Today’s True Mass Shooting Crisis. Huffpost. Retrieved 11/18/2024 from https://www.yahoo.com/news/thanksgiving-massacre-2009-highlights-todays-130038254.html
History
Scullard, H. Hayes; Gadd, Cyril John; Hamidé, Abdul-Rahman; Ochsenwald, William L.; Smith, Charles Gordon; Irvine, Verity Elizabeth; Polk, William Roe; Salibi, Kamal Suleiman; Commins, David Dean; Hourani, Albert Habib. (11/11/2024). Syria. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 11/14/2024 from https://www.britannica.com/place/Syria
Arab American Institute. (n.d.). National Arab American Demographics. Retrieved 11/16/2024 from https://www.aaiusa.org/demographics
The National WWI Museum and Memorial. (n.d.). WWI and the Middle East. Retrieved 11/16/2024 from https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/educator-resource/wwi-and-middle-east
Music
“Abyss” by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ●https://instagram.com/icemanbass/●https://soundcloud.com/therealfrozenguy●
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
“Intranet” & “Starz” by Yung Kartz
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
“Electro Cabello” & “Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/full_list.php
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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