When Kindness Leads To Murder - September 5 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 7 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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0:00.0	There were two more murders 15 miles away.
0:02.6	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.
0:14.9	Kindness can sometimes be answered with cruelty.
0:19.1	On September 7, 1957, a man was born who would take the kind
0:23.8	offer of two strangers and repay them by taking their lives. So if you like your coffee hot,
0:31.3	but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
0:37.4	Ronald Allen Smith, born September 7, 1957, left Alberta, Canada on August 3, 1982,
0:44.1	in the company of companions, Andre Fontaine, and Rodney Monroe.
0:50.2	When, the following day, they walked into a bar in East Glacier, Montana.
0:56.0	While shooting pool and having some drinks, the trio met cousins Harvey Madman Jr. and Thomas
1:03.1	Running Rabbit Jr. After some time together, the men said their goodbyes, and Ronald, Andre, and Rodney all walked out and began hitchhiking
1:13.2	west along Highway 2. At some point during their journey, Ronald and Andre began discussing the
1:19.0	idea of stealing a vehicle, a crime in which they agreed that they had to eliminate any potential
1:25.7	witnesses. Not long after their chat, Harvey and Thomas happened to drive by,
1:33.0	and seeing their new acquaintances from the bar, they offered to give them a ride.
1:38.0	They had no clue that in doing this kind deed, they effectively signed their own death warrants.
1:45.9	After about 20 minutes in the car together, they decided to make a stop so that Harvey Madman Jr.
1:51.6	and Thomas Running Rabbit Jr. could get out and relieve themselves.
1:56.7	Upon re-entering their vehicle, Ronald Smith pulled out a sawed-off single-shot bolt action 22 rifle and pointed it at the driver.
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