Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
48 Hours
CBS News
3.9 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
A gunfight in the middle of the night left Texas jeweler Ted Shaughnessy dead in his home. His wife, Corey, was the sole survivor. Was it a random attack, a robbery gone wrong, or a murder conspiracy? CBS News Chief Correspondent Jim Axelrod and Producer Jenna Jackson discuss Corey’s emotional journey to realizing her own son had hired hitmen to kill her and her husband for money. This episode of "48 Hours Post Mortem" originally aired on January 16, 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to this podcast, ad free right now. |
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| 0:17.0 | Welcome to Postmortem. |
| 0:18.7 | I'm your host, Anne-Marie Green, and with me today, our CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod and producer Jenna Jackson to discuss shootout at the Shauna Seas. |
| 0:29.6 | Thank you so much for joining us, guys. Thanks for having us. |
| 0:32.4 | Yes, thank you. |
| 0:33.3 | The thing about this hour is, you know, the story starts off one way and it ends in a way that's completely different than you expect. |
| 0:41.9 | There's a break in at Ted and Corey Shaughnessy's home in Austin, Texas. |
| 0:46.3 | Ted is killed, but his wife, Corey, actually survives. |
| 0:49.8 | And initially, it seems like this could have been, you know, a robbery gone wrong. But as the police |
| 0:55.8 | start investigating, it looks more and more like this is an inside job. So before we get into |
| 1:01.8 | the discussion, let's just hear a quick recap of the broadcast. Before dawn on March 2nd, |
| 1:08.1 | 2018, intruders entered the home of Ted and Corey Shaughnessy, |
| 1:12.9 | killing him and one of the family's Rottweilers, Bart. |
| 1:17.2 | Corey says she shot back and called 911. |
| 1:21.1 | I get the closet. |
| 1:22.4 | There were shots fired. |
| 1:23.6 | Help me. |
| 1:24.4 | Okay, we're helping you, ma'am. |
| 1:26.1 | Help me. |
| 1:27.7 | Paul Saylo and James Moore of the Travis County Sheriff's Department |
| 1:31.3 | say bullet casings were scattered on the floor. |
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