Wrong Way

DESCRIPTION:

On this episode of They Walk Among America… A fiery scene caused by a motorist speeding the wrong way down an interstate. Was it a deliberate act or the actions of someone with a mental illness? Regardless, five promising young people lost their lives…

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‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production.

This episode was researched and written by Emily G. Thompson and Eileen Macfarlane. Editing by Brad Maybe.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.

Narration, narration editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

MUSIC: 

Call To Battle by Louis Lion

Into The Afterlife by Cody Martin

Peril Preparation by Cody Martin

Stygian by Hill

Internal Clock by Stephen Keech

Strike Iron by Third Age

Distance by Louis Lion

For more information visit https://lawandcrime.com/podcasts/ or https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com/ 


REFERENCES:

COURT DOCUMENTS

https://www.scribd.com/document/327598297/State-v-Steven-Bourgoin-affidavit-for-probable-cause

https://law.justia.com/cases/vermont/supreme-court/2021/2019-319.html

NEWS ARCHIVE / NEWSBANK

Associated Press News Service, The, October 9, 2016

Associated Press News Service, The, October 10, 2016

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DIGITAL ARTICLES

https://www.vnews.com/Judge-considering-sentence-in-crash-that-killed-5-teenagers-28003507  

https://www.vnews.com/Principal-5-teens-killed-in-crash-were-high-school-juniors-5283607  https://vtdigger.org/2016/10/10/wrong-way-driver-faces-murder-probe-89-crash-killing-five-teens/  

https://vtdigger.org/2016/10/11/driver-sought-medical-help-89-wrong-way-crash/  

https://www.wane.com/news/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-in-crash-that-killed-5-teens/  

https://vtdigger.org/2016/10/18/friend-says-bourgoin-childhood-trauma-complained-lyme-disease/  

https://vtdigger.org/2017/10/06/harwood-something-sad-weve-made-something-beautiful/  

https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/06/two-views-bourgoin-prosecutor-defense-make-opening-arguments/  

https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/08/bourgoin-trial-troopers-no-skid-marks-braking-fatal-crash-scene/  

https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/10/bourgoins-ex-girlfriend-tells-jury-past-violence-increasing-mood-swings/  

https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/09/prosecution-rests-bourgoin-murder-case-first-officer-fatal-crash-scene-testifies/

https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/15/former-prosecution-expert-tells-jury-bourgoin-insane-time-fatal-crash/

https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/14/prosecution-aims-to-puncture-insanity-defense-in-day-7-of-bourgoin-trial/

https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/16/prosecutors-point-bourgoins-financial-woes-combat-insanity-defense/ 

https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/17/battle-of-experts-over-bourgoins-mental-state-in-murder-trials-last-days/

https://www.playforjanie.com 

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/10/us/vermont-wrong-way-car-crash/index.html

https://www.wcax.com/2021/01/22/man-convicted-in-deadly-wrong-way-crash-makes-appeal-to-vermonts-high-court/

https://vtdigger.org/2021/03/12/high-court-upholds-bourgoins-five-murder-convictions-in-wrong-way-crash/

https://www.mynbc5.com/article/as-quintuple-killer-appeals-convictions-victims-mom-asks-public-for-kindness/35289787#