About this episode
After nearly a week on the run, Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania for the murder of health insurance CEO, Brian Thompson. But in a macabre twist, Mangione has found widespread support on social media, which has dubbed him the ‘hot assassin’. Why?
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Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Taryn Siegel.
Guest: Sam Lovett, US reporter, The Times.
Clips: The Daily Show, ABC7 News, Fox11 News, TikTok/xyathanchekass, TikTok/dpshw, TikTok/imcodyjacob, other TikToks, Edith finding sources
Further reading: ‘The hot assassin’: how the internet became obsessed with Luigi Mangione
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Photo: Benjamin B. Braun/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/AP.
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