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Father Wants Us Dead

In 1971, a mild-mannered accountant and Sunday school teacher from New Jersey named John List murders his wife, mother and three children — only to disappear and begin a new life entirely on the other... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Trailer: Father Wants Us Dead

Trailer: Father Wants Us Dead

In 1971, a mild-mannered accountant and Sunday school teacher from New Jersey named John List murders his wife, mother a... Read more

29 Apr 2022

5mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 1: The mansion turned morgue

Episode 1: The mansion turned morgue

In a quiet, well-to-do New Jersey suburb in December 1971, police make a shocking discovery that sends the community ree... Read more

10 May 2022

36mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 2: The boogeyman of Westfield

Episode 2: The boogeyman of Westfield

John List moved his family to New Jersey seeking a better life, but this seemingly ordinary accountant will turn out to ... Read more

10 May 2022

43mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 3: The man at the train station

Episode 3: The man at the train station

As family and financial worries mount, John List carries on an elaborate charade — all the while contemplating the unthi... Read more

10 May 2022

50mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 4: Mopping up the blood

Episode 4: Mopping up the blood

Step by terrible step, John List systematically kills each member of his family — and then confesses everything.-------'... Read more

17 May 2022

48mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 5: The Talented Mr. List

Episode 5: The Talented Mr. List

As police frantically search for the mysterious killer, John List slips out of one identity and into another. -------'F... Read more

24 May 2022

47mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 6: America's Most Wanted

Episode 6: America's Most Wanted

With the trail gone cold, police try one last gambit to find their man.-------'Father Wants Us Dead' is a serial investi... Read more

31 May 2022

37mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 7: The old lady and the tabloids

Episode 7: The old lady and the tabloids

18 years after the murders, a tip from an unlikely source leads authorities to John List's doorstep.-------'Father Wants... Read more

7 Jun 2022

50mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 8: Judgment Day

Episode 8: Judgment Day

Back in New Jersey to stand trial, John List makes one last attempt to stay free.-------'Father Wants Us Dead' is a seri... Read more

14 Jun 2022

44mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 9: Sympathy for the devil

Episode 9: Sympathy for the devil

50 years later, two reporters try to understand what drove John List to commit such atrocities — and the real cost.-----... Read more

21 Jun 2022

44mins

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