Abraham Shakespeare (Part 1 of 2)

Description

Quick note: the first 5 minutes of this episode is a correction and update on the Jack Family episode. Feel free to skip ahead if you skipped that episode.

In November 2006, a man named Abraham Shakespeare hit the jackpot in the Florida lotto. His good-heart led him to give and loan away a large amount of his winnings in short order. When a woman named Dee Dee Moore convinced him to sign his assets over to her to protect them from vultures, things went from bad to worse.

Credits

Written, edited, and hosted by Charlie Worroll

​Researched by Haley Gray

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

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Sources

Books

• Unlucky Number by Deborah Mathias and Gregory Smith, 2015

Internet

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20070501/lawsuit-millionaire-stole-lotto-ticket 

• https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3kAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=14QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6783%2C5407534

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100206211854/http://www.tampabay.com/news/helper-arrested-in-killing-of-lotto-winner-abraham-shakespeare/1070291#

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20100203/judge-sets-deedee-moores-bond-at-1-million 

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120416030554/http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/lotto-murder-case-records-deedee-moores-mother-describes-erratic-behavior/1121938#

• http://www.acandyrose.com/deedeemoore-021910Affidavit.htm

• https://web.archive.org/web/20121016204435/http://www.tampabay.com/news/deedee-moore-charged-with-first-degree-murder-in-lottery-winners-homicide/1074609# 

• https://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/us-woman-guilty-of-killing-lottery-winner/news-story/a3e57c495016103f26d42ab2a3106d78

• https://murderpedia.org/female.M/images/moore-dorice/probable-cause.pdf 

• https://abcnews.go.com/US/lottery-murder-deedee-moore-found-guilty/story?id=17926009 

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47294222/abraham-lee-shakespeare

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/363864417/?terms=Abraham%2BShakespeare

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20051229/james-shakespeare-84 

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20061122/lotto-winner-gets-caught-up-on-child-support

• http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=T30310&TypeSearch=AI

• https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/?lName=stitzel&lNameSdx=N&fName=&fNameSdx=N&eligible=N&deceased=N&firm=&locValue=&locType=C&pracAreas=&lawSchool=&services=&langs=&certValue=&pageNumber=1&pageSize=10

• http://www.acandyrose.com/david_wallace_report022210-0010am.htm

• http://www.acandyrose.com/christopher_lynn020210-1200pm.htm

• http://www.acandyrose.com/mitchell_messer_supplement021410-1347pm.htm

• http://www.acandyrose.com/david_wallace_volume2-021810-1015am.htm

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• http://www.acandyrose.com/discovery091610_binder1-followup6.htm

• http://www.acandyrose.com/discovery091610_binder1-followup16.htm

• http://www.acandyrose.com/discovery091610_binder1-followup20.htm

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20100125/lpd-officer-charged-with-selling-information-to-woman-in-case-of-missing-lotto-winner

• https://photobucket.com/gallery/user/acr-research/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxMjk0MTgyOQ==/?ref=

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20050525/car-hummer-crash-killing-2

• https://www.scribd.com/document/37556837/DeeDee-Moore-Documents-Binder-1

• https://www.scribd.com/doc/37557017/DeeDee-Moore-Documents-Binder-2

• https://www.scribd.com/document/37557237/DeeDee-Moore-Documents-Binder-3

• https://www.scribd.com/document/37557362/DeeDee-Moore-Documents-Binder-4

• https://www.scribd.com/document/37557406/DeeDee-Moore-Documents-Binder-5

• https://www.scribd.com/document/37558073/DeeDee-Moore-Documents-Binder-6

• https://www.scribd.com/doc/37558367/DeeDee-Moore-Documents-Binder-7

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20170612/mother-of-slain-lottery-winner-abraham-shakespeares-son-wins-1-million-jackpot-in-lakeland

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20121128/shakespeare-murder-trial-opening-statements

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20121129/accused-slayer-of-abraham-shakespeare-goes-on-trial

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20121128/judge-scolds-murder-suspect-deedee-moore/1

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20110617/charges-dropped-against-ex-officer

• https://www.theledger.com/article/LK/20131003/News/608092541/LL/ 

• https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theledger/obituary.aspx?n=abraham-shakespear&pid=139353918 

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4160556/Convicted-female-killer-insists-set-up.html

• https://www.kbb.com/ford/five-hundred/2007/#survey

Articles

• The Tampa Tribune, 10/23/07, Jury Decides on Lotto Winner by Todd Leskanic

• The Signal, 1/30/10, Body in backyard is missing lottery winner’s by Unknown

• The Tampa Tribune, 11/29/12, Moore fleeced lotto winner and then shot him, state says by Ray Reyes

• The Tampa Tribune, 11/29/12, Trial by Ray Reyes

• Tampa Bay Times, 12/13/09, Fed up? Or was it foul play? By Michael Kruse

• The Tampa Tribune, 2/11/10, Lotto winner death case goes to home of suspect by Howard Altman