Sep 25, 2026 · 46 min · 19 segments
In 1992, a young man walked into a police station and said he wanted to turn himself in for a crime. When the police asked if there was someone at home who they could call, he said, “That’s who I…
Phoebe JudgeHostMakeda BrotmanGuestIn 1992, a young man turned up at the police headquarters saying that he'd just fled the scene of the crime and that he wanted to turn himself in.
The man told the police officer his name was Brian Bechtold, and that he was 23 years old.
And then the officer asked if there were any relatives home who would pick up the phone if they called.
He told them that he'd been, quote, "Insane for six or seven years." An officer asked why he did it.
There were a lot of things going on at the time." Brian was able to tell the officer some details.
He said he'd used a 12-gauge shotgun, and that his father had been eating breakfast, and his mother had been sitting in a recliner.
It seemed like something on TV or something like that, like I wasn't there, like it wasn't going on."
And because he was being so confusing in his responses, the officers didn't know what to do.
An officer asked if it was possible his parents were just at the mobile home and hadn't been killed.
Brian said, "I'm sure it happened." But immediately after that, the officer asked, "Is there a possibility you dreamed it or thought it?" And Brian replied, "Yes, there is." They went back and forth for a while, but then Brian said, "I wish it didn't happen.
In 1992, a young man turned up at the police headquarters saying that he'd just fled the scene of the crime and that he wanted to turn himself in.
The man told the police officer his name was Brian Bechtold, and that he was 23 years old.
And then the officer asked if there were any relatives home who would pick up the phone if they called.
He told them that he'd been, quote, "Insane for six or seven years." An officer asked why he did it.
There were a lot of things going on at the time." Brian was able to tell the officer some details.
He said he'd used a 12-gauge shotgun, and that his father had been eating breakfast, and his mother had been sitting in a recliner.
It seemed like something on TV or something like that, like I wasn't there, like it wasn't going on."
And because he was being so confusing in his responses, the officers didn't know what to do.
An officer asked if it was possible his parents were just at the mobile home and hadn't been killed.
Brian said, "I'm sure it happened." But immediately after that, the officer asked, "Is there a possibility you dreamed it or thought it?" And Brian replied, "Yes, there is." They went back and forth for a while, but then Brian said, "I wish it didn't happen.
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