Host: Wendy Fink
Guests: Steph Jurusz, Bre Stangel
Content Warning: Chris Fink
Sting: “Yessum” by Jingle Punks
Editor: Wendy Fink

Content Warning: murder and suicide.

Could anything in Landis Casner’s childhood have helped us predict the eventual murder-suicide on May 21st, 2012?

Wendy brings in Steph Jurusz (published essayist, master’s in non-fiction writing) and Bre Stangel (master’s in criminal justice and her bachelor’s in forensic psychology) to analyze the first half of Wendy’s interview with the murderer’s mother as told to us in Episode 2 of Loving Landis.

A Message:
There are confidential resources available for every person, every situation, and every conversation style for you or anyone you know struggling with mental wellness. You are not alone. Talk to someone. Anyone. Hell, even that kind stranger you know on the Internet. Do your research and know that you can reach out on someone’s behalf even if it’s a suicide hotline.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org/) is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. It provides Spanish-speaking counselors, as well as options for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. It is only available in the United States. A 24-hour an Online Chat in partnership with Contact USA is also available.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at 1-800-273-8255. This is for the United States. If you’re in another country, there are resources for you, as well. You’re not alone. Help is out there.