Mark Barton: Family Destroyer and Mass Murderer

Six years before he became known as the Day Trader who went on a murderous rampage, Mark Barton was the suspect in the death of his first wife and her mother while they were camping at a lake in North Alabama. Today, Joseph Scott Morgan shares personal memories of working the homicides in Atlanta, as well as breaking down the murders of Mark Barton’s first wife and her mother in the camper, and his second wife and children in their apartment.. Dave Mack fills in the back-story on how Mark Barton may have gotten away with murder and child molestation, but he couldn’t escape himself.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:08 Introduction of geography, family killer, mass murderer

00:02:46 Discussion of Mark Barton

00:07:21 Discussion of murderers and weapons

00:11:44 Talk about day traders in Atlanta

00:16:04 Discussion of murder in camper trailer on lake

00:21:17 Discussion of “robber” that left behind cash and jewelry

00:26:26 Talk about blood in the Camper

00:31:02 Discussion of Mark Barton cheating on his wife

00:35:57 Discussion of timeline of family murders and Buckhead massacre

00:39:49 Discussion of Barton killing second wife and children with a hammer

00:43:06 Discussion of murders at Momentum and All-Tech

00:46:20 Conclusion, Barton shoots himself in the head

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