Sep 17, 2026 · 24 min · 13 segments
Marty Tankleff was arrested at age 17 for the double murder of his adoptive parents~a crime he didn't commit (and which is still unsolved over 30 years later). He was sentenced to 50 years to Life. He…
Marty TankleffGuestHarriet HendelHostBut when you were in high school, did you have any notion long before this horrible thing happened what you wanted to do with your life?
As I tell people, and I know people sometimes cringe when I say this, is that my Uncle Mike was very good friends with Donald Trump's father.
And I wanted to go to the Warren School of Business because I wanted to become a businessman.
I remember when I was young, I made a deal with my parents that if they bought like lawnmower equipment that I would take care of our house, but I could use the equipment to go mow other people's lawns to make money.
When I was very young, I would sell candy in the elementary school that I ended up getting suspended for because I was taking business away from the school itself.
So I never had the vision as a child to go into law or become a professor or, you know, an instructor or anything like I'm doing now.
And we said, what is our future going to be? And Eric said, you know, I'm going to get a reversal.
I'm going to become a lawyer, maybe a professor, make sure there are no more Marty Titans.
But when you were in high school, did you have any notion long before this horrible thing happened what you wanted to do with your life?
As I tell people, and I know people sometimes cringe when I say this, is that my Uncle Mike was very good friends with Donald Trump's father.
And I wanted to go to the Warren School of Business because I wanted to become a businessman.
I remember when I was young, I made a deal with my parents that if they bought like lawnmower equipment that I would take care of our house, but I could use the equipment to go mow other people's lawns to make money.
When I was very young, I would sell candy in the elementary school that I ended up getting suspended for because I was taking business away from the school itself.
So I never had the vision as a child to go into law or become a professor or, you know, an instructor or anything like I'm doing now.
And we said, what is our future going to be? And Eric said, you know, I'm going to get a reversal.
I'm going to become a lawyer, maybe a professor, make sure there are no more Marty Titans.
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