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"The Beltway Snipers": The FULL MK Confidential Series

September 6, 2026

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One week into October 2002, a 55-year-old weather analyst named James Martin stepped out of his car in a Maryland grocery store parking lot and was shot dead by a single bullet. No one saw the shooter, heard the gun, or found a motive. Over the next 22 days, nine more people would be killed and three wounded across the Washington, D.C. region, each felled by a single rifle round while doing ordinary things—pumping gas, mowing a lawn, loading groceries, waiting for a bus. The killer left tarot cards and handwritten notes for police, signed "Call me God." The country assumed a lone white male sniper was at work. The truth was stranger and darker: two people in a beat-up blue Chevrolet, a former Army marksman and the 17-year-old Jamaican boy he had turned into a weapon.

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  • 1 (01:30) **Episode Introduction** - Megyn Kelly welcomes listeners to the full MK Confidential series on the Beltway Snipers, setting up the story of the two men who terrorized the DC area.
  • 2 (02:13) **First Victim: James Martin** - The shooting spree begins on October 2, 2002, when a 55-year-old government analyst is killed in a grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, Maryland.
  • 3 (09:57) **The Morning of October 3: Five More Dead** - In just over two hours, four more people are killed and a fifth dies that night, all shot by a single sniper using the same rifle.
  • 4 (25:27) **The Investigation Begins** - Police Chief Charles Moose faces an impossible task: six random murders with no motive, no suspect, and no eyewitness who can describe the shooter.
  • 5 (31:33) **Introducing the Killers: John Allen Mohammed and Lee Boyd Malvo** - The narrative shifts to introduce the two men behind the shootings: a 41-year-old Army veteran and a 17-year-old Jamaican teenager.
  • 6 (34:38) **Mildred Mohammed's Story** - The podcast delves into the backstory of John Mohammed's failed marriage and his escalating abuse and threats against his ex-wife, Mildred.
  • 7 (45:42) **The Spree Continues: Caroline Seawell and Iron Brown** - The shooting zone expands into Virginia, and the snipers attack a 13-year-old boy, escalating the terror.

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Show Notes

Megyn Kelly brings you the full five episode "MK Confidential" series, "The Beltway Snipers." And tune in to a new edition of "MK Confidential" weeknights this summer on the Megyn Kelly podcast feeds and YouTube channel.

 

 

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