Episode Details

The Man His Father Died Trying to Save unravels the devastating story of Joseph Ernest Atkins a man born unwanted, raised in violence, broken further by the jungles of Vietnam, and ultimately executed for killing the very father who had fought to set him free, along with a thirteen-year-old girl who simply had the misfortune of sleeping on the other side of his wall. From a childhood of stab wounds and a war that never truly ended for him, to the night he cut the phone lines, dressed in military fatigues, and declared quiet, invisible war on the people closest to him, this episode is a shattering examination of what happens when a system repeatedly fails a damaged man and who pays the price when he finally breaks.

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