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May 5, 2021 2 mins

In 2016, eight members of the Rhoden family were viciously murdered in their homes. Two years later, four members of the Wagner family, were charged with the largest massacre in Ohio’s history. As justice plays out in the courtroom, the KT Studios team revisits Pike County to examine: crime-scene forensics, upcoming legal proceedings, and the ties that bind the victims and the accused.

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Interesting and relatable topics, knowledgeable guests, highly entertaining, and informative.
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of our time. Listen to Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta
on the iHeartRadio app. Two local families at the center
of the most notorious crime in Ohio's history. Eight people dead,
all from the same family, calculated, planned out. This was cold, cold,

(00:44):
cold blood. Billy Angela, George and Jake Wagner arrested for
the murders of the Rodent family, a family that kills together.
This was overkilled. Now on the five year anniversary of
the Pikes And massacre, and in the middle of production
on this podcast, breaking news right now, a shocking confession.

(01:05):
None of us were expecting what play he wished, Hittery,
I am guilty, your heart. Jake Wagner, the youngest son,
pleads guilty. In exchange, he avoids the death penalty, implicating
his brother. He had just requested solitary confinement and a bible.
His father. The Wagner family wanted custody of that little
girl and his own mother. Allegedly, Angela Wagner was the

(01:28):
mastermind of this entire plan. We're tracking the case in
real time as new developments unfold. I pray every day
for the killers to be goot and what will it
mean for Pike County. One thing I learned is the
smaller the town, say Chris. This is The Piked and
Massacre Season two returned to Pike County. Listen to The

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