EPISODE · Jan 9, 2024 · 21 MIN
Pow, Pow, Popcorn Murder!
from Gulf Coast Confidential with Mollye Barrows · host Mollye Barrows
Send us Fan MailMurder in the movies is something you only expect to see onscreen. At a Tampa movie theatre in 2014, the real drama was in the audience. Retired police SWAT captain Curtis Reeves shot and killed Chad Oulson, a Gulf War veteran and father of a young daughter. In fact, Oulson was texting with the babysitter during the movie previews when Reeves told him to turn off his phone and complained about it to theater staff.The two men exchanged words and Oulson tossed popcorn in the older man’s face. Reeves pulled his handgun and shot Oulson to death, he claimed in self-defense.Join us as we talk about the trial and why jurors thought popping off over popcorn was a justifiable killing, in this episode of Gulf Coast Confidential, “Pow, Pow, Popcorn Murder.” Support the show
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Send us Fan Mail Murder in the movies is something you only expect to see onscreen. At a Tampa movie theatre in 2014, the real drama was in the audience. Retired police SWAT captain Curtis Reeves shot and killed Chad Oulson, a Gulf War veteran and father of a young daughter. In fact, Oulson was texting with the babysitter during the movie previews when Reeves told him to turn off his phone and complained about it to theater staff. The two men exchanged words and Oulson tossed popcorn in...
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