Ep. 113 - “A Battle Between God and Satan”: The Murder of Taylor Powell

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In March 2010, friends and MMA fighters 21-year-old Taylor Powell and 29-year-old Jarrod Wyatt were hanging out when things took a terrible turn. Caught in a delusion about God and Satan, the pair started fighting. But Jarrod wouldn’t stop until he burned his friend’s heart. 

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Episode Source List:

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna48953331

https://abcnews.go.com/US/jarrod-wyatt-mixed-martial-artist-ripped-heart-friend/story?id=17194715

https://www.times-standard.com/2010/06/22/victims-mother-insanity-plea-grasping-at-straws-family-is-devastated-after-klamath-killing-took-life-of-21-year-old-son-brother/ 

https://www.times-standard.com/2010/05/27/warning-this-story-contains-graphic-content-klamath-suspect-wyatt-will-answer-to-murder-charges/ 

https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/05/24/northern-california-mma-fighter-competent-to-stand-trial-in-gruesome-murder-of-friend/ 

https://www.khq.com/news/mma-fighter-facing-murder-charges/article_b4c5d5b3-b007-56d7-b2ba-f8a88cfcbdaa.html 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jarrod-wyatt-mma-fighter-accused-of-ripping-out-friends-heart-and-tongue-pleads-guilty-to-murder/