8: True Crime.The Foxcatcher Murder - a podcast by Bold Lip Media

John du Pont was heir to the Du Pont family fortune. On the 26th of 1996, du Pont shot and killed Dave Schultz in the driveway of his home that was located on the overall property of the philanthropist. Police were unable to establish a motive; other than, possible mental illness influenced du Pont’s motives. Many people had notice du Pont’s increasing disruptive murder in the months prior. After the shooting occurred, he locked himself in his mansion for two days while he negotiated with the police on the telephone. They were finally able to draw him out when they shut off his heater and he went out to fix it. Listen to this episode to hear the tragic events leading up to, the subsequent scandal and as Logan Pearsall Smith said, “It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.”
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