Show Notes
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was a city stripped bare. Zack Bowen, a former soldier, and Addie Hall, a poet and bartender, stayed behind, scavenging and living in the streets while photographed as symbols of defiance. A year later, Addie was killed, and Zack took his own life, leaving behind a shocking crime scene. This episode explores how disaster, trauma, and addiction turned a brief romance into tragedy, and why the story became mythologised as a “voodoo murder.”
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United Kingdom: Samaritans - Call 116 123 (24/7) or visit samaritans.org National Domestic Abuse Helpline - Call 0808 2000 247 (24/7) or visit nationaldahelpline.org.uk
United States: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Call or text 988 (24/7) or visit 988lifeline.org Veterans Crisis Line - Call 988, then press 1, or text 838255 National Domestic Violence Hotline - Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit thehotline.org
Australia: Lifeline Australia - Call 13 11 14 (24/7) or visit lifeline.org.au 1800RESPECT - Call 1800 737 732 or visit 1800respect.org.au
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