True Crime for the Short on Time: A Man's Castle

On Thanksgiving day, 2012, Byron David Smith was at his wits end. Someone had broken into his home over a half dozen times. And he suspected two local teenagers. And when Smith saw one of their cars near his residence, he put a deadly plan into action. Join Olivia Cornu and John Conner as they dive deep into the dark to discuss the murder of Haile Kifer and Nicholas Brady. Will this case be enough to make you check the locks?

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