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The Preppy Murders - August 26 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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August 26th: The Preppy Murders (1986) When a murder occurs one half of a horrific story is lost with the victim. On August 26th 1986 an infamous murder took place. One where the only person who could explain what happened that night was the man who everyone believed was guilty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Chambers_(criminal), https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/11/8771659/where-is-robert-chambers-preppy-murderer-now, https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/news/a7587/jennifer-levin-robert-chambers-preppy-killer/, https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a29712185/robert-chambers-preppy-murder-central-park/, https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a29786012/robert-chambers-jennifer-levin-preppy-murder-case/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_whm_md_pmx_us_urlx_17871928004&gclid=CjwKCAjw0N6hBhAUEiwAXab-Tac94Dw1mw1Y2LYf9eAPsSee0_2qN5W77qv5dJ4ohRPtzkj7koVBvRoCFGQQAvD_BwE, https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-happened-to-robert-chambers-the-man-behind-the-preppy-murder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrives, I found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:13.0

When a murder occurs, one half of a horrific story is lost with the victim.

0:20.2

On August 26, 1986, 1986, an infamous murder took place,

0:25.7

one where the only person who could explain what happened that night was the man who everyone

0:30.4

believed was guilty. So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start

0:37.4

your day with a

0:38.2

morning cup of murder.

0:40.7

Robert Emmett Jr. was born in New York City on September 25, 1966 to a father who was a video

0:47.4

cassette distributor and a mother who was a private nurse, one who, in the past, had treated a young John F. Kennedy Jr. for bronchitis,

0:57.3

and arranged a play date for him and her son. Not described as a particularly affluent family,

1:04.1

living in a working-class section of Queens until a divorce saw his mother move to the Upper East Side,

1:10.0

Phyllis Chambers worked hard and was able to pay for Robert to attend prestigious prep schools

1:15.4

with the help of some scholarships.

1:18.4

Unfortunately, this difference in social standing and finances

1:21.4

created quite a bit of friction between Robert and his other classmates,

1:26.0

despite being described by those students as magnetic

1:29.5

and very attractive.

1:31.8

Though he managed to collect a few wins under his belt, like when he managed to become a cadet

1:36.3

in the Knickerbocker Grays, a drill team containing the children of some of the city's elite

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