Episode 15 - Tennessee's Serial Swatter

Mark Herring happened upon prime digital real estate when he created an account on a little-known website called 'Twitter' in 2006.

Little did he know, that decision would lead to years of harassment and his sudden and untimely death.

This week, we're drinking Ménage à Trois' Red Blend.

Listen to Episode 15: Tennessee's Serial Swatter

SOURCES:

• What You Need To Know About Red Blend Wine

• What Is Swatting?

• Tennessee man, targeted for his Twitter handle, dies after 'swatting' call sends police to his home

• A Grandfather Died in ‘Swatting’ Over His Twitter Handle, Officials Say (Published 2021)

• Tennessee man died from heart attack after ‘Swatting’ over Twitter handle

• He refused to give up his coveted Twitter handle. Then he was ‘swatted’ and died of a heart attack

• ‘Swatting’ call leads to death of Sumner County man targeted for his Twitter handle

• Tennessee Man Died After He Was 'Swatted' by People Targeting His Twitter Handle

• Teenagers 'swatted' a 60-year-old Tennessee man to get his Twitter handle. The shock caused him to die of a heart attack

• Swatter Who Caused Man's Death Over @Tennessee Twitter Handle Is Going to Prison

• How a grandpa’s death — and lucrative Twitter handle — sent Tennessee man to prison

• 'Swatting' death related to use of Twitter nickname '@Tennessee' leads to 5-year sentence

• Serial Swatter Sentenced to Sixty Months in Federal Custody in Connection with Death of Tennessee Man

• You can buy anything on the black market – including Twitter handles