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Morning Cup of Murder

The Serial Killer Brothers - October 14 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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October 14th: Anthony Cook Arrested (1981) Siblings should stick together. At least, that’s what most people say. On October 14th 1981 a man was arrested who, thanks in part to his brother, was able to commit a series of murders that dubbed both men the most notorious serial killers to come out of Toledo, Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_and_Nathaniel_Cook, https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cook-brothers.htm, https://www.wtol.com/article/news/investigations/11-investigates/victims-of-toledo-notorious-serial-killers/512-15630490-a333-48db-be40-64196b92e221, https://www.wtol.com/article/news/investigations/11-investigates/behind-the-scenes-cook-brothers-serial-killers-toledo/512-d05fddc7-4aa7-478a-84c8-84d221c39e50, https://apnews.com/article/ef38d7007bb8416ebb43c1e143c36f5b, https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Convicted-Toledo-serial-killer-can-live-close-to-school-506571381.html, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.8

When police arrived, they 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...

0:12.0

A cup of murder.

0:15.0

Siblings should stick together.

0:16.8

At least, that's what most people say.

0:19.5

On October 14, 1981, a man was arrested who, thanks in part to his brother, was able to commit a series of murders that dubbed both men the most notorious serial killers to come out of Toledo, Ohio.

0:33.8

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:41.1

For reasons, I'm not sure anyone will ever understand.

0:45.4

In May of 1980, a pair of brothers made a decision that would, at the end of their reign of terror,

0:51.5

dubbed them the most notorious killers in Toledo, Ohio history.

0:56.2

Anthony Cook, born March 9, 1949, and his brother Nathaniel, born October 25th, 1958,

1:03.2

began a series of murders starting in May of 1980 when they happened upon 24-year-old

1:07.9

Thomas Gordon and his 18-year-old girlfriend.

1:11.7

Holding guns and threatening to kill the pair,

1:14.3

the brothers took them hostage and drove to the woodlands in Lucas County.

1:18.7

There, they shot Thomas Gordon and brutally raped the young woman.

1:23.6

Finished with her, they began stabbing her body before fleeing the area.

1:28.0

The girl remarkably survived her harrowing ordeal, but Thomas did not.

1:33.8

Months later, on January 3, 1981, Anthony and Nathaniel picked up a 19-year-old hitchhiker named Connie Sue Thompson.

1:42.7

A Michigan native, they drove the young girl to Lucas County,

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