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Matt Carrington wasn\u2019t your typical frat boy. He was reserved. He didn\u2019t drink much. But when a friend asked him to rush the Chi Tau fraternity at Chico State University, Matt said sure. He couldn\u2019t have guessed what he was in for. Over the course of what is commonly referred to as \u201chell week,\u201d Matt endured relentless hazing. The hazing ramped up as the week progressed. On the final night of hazing, Matt died.
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\nThen Brandi tells us about a brilliant, troubled young man named James Gordon Wolcott. James grew up in a small town in Texas. He excelled academically, but he struggled to fit in at home. His sister, Elizabeth had a Southern accent that grated on him. His father, a conservative professor at Southwestern University, disapproved of James\u2019 more liberal politics. One day, in the summer of 1967, James had enough. He murdered his entire family.
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\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
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\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\u201cMatt\u2019s Law\u201d entry on wikipedia
\n\u201cThe Pledge\u201d episode of The Shadows of Death
\n\u201cNew \u2018Matt\u2019s Law\u2019 toughens penalties for college hazing,\u201d by Matt Krupnick for Contra Costa Times
\n\u201cHorrifying details in hazing death,\u201d by Cecilia Vega for the San Francisco Chronicle
\n\u201c7 face trial in hazing death,\u201d Associated Press
\n\u201c4 fraternity members plead guilty in student\u2019s death,\u201d Associated Press
\n\u201cStudent dies during fraternity hazing,\u201d Santa Maria Times
\n\u201cA fraternity hazing gone wrong,\u201d by Elaine Korry for NPR
\n\u201cHazing death at Chico State\u201d episode of Dateline
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\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cInnocence Lost\u201d by Kim Janssen, Chicago Sun Times
\n\u201cEsteemed Illinois professor revealed as teen killer who murdered his family \u2014 and served just six years after insanity bid\u201d by Joe Kemp, New York Daily News
\n\u201cThe Family Annihilator Turned University Professor \u2013 James Gordon Wolcott\u201d by Emily Thompson, Morbidology
\n\u201cBoy who killed family turns up 46 years later as college professor\u201d by Mike Robinson, NBC News