The Murder of Leith Von Stein

In 1988 three college students came up with a plan to murder one of those students entire family in order to get money from a life insurance policy. Chris Pritchard, James “Bart” Upchurch and Neal Henderson all sat around for weeks on end trying to figure out the best way to kill Chris’s family and get away with it, all so that they could spend their days loafing around and not have to get real jobs or continue on with college. In the end, after multiple plans that didn’t work, only one member of Chris’s family members would end up dead; his stepfather Leith Von Stein. But who would take the fall?

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I hate how the ending ended (not your fault, obviously) I swear to God, there are some seriously dangerous, psychotic ass predators in 12 step programs and church!!! It's a literal hunting ground for their kind and they love the entire self righteous soapbox environment that also enables them to shrug off any accountability. It is a whole nother level of psycho. Not that the programs can't help some get off drugs, but I 've seen a LOT of predators in those environments! Just sayin...Stay frosty 🍦