Unspeakable Things // 119

On June 21st, 2022, Michael Cole Rathel was eagerly awaiting his friend and co-worker 21-year-old Xichen Yang’s arrival to work at a pool cleaning company they were both employed at in Orlando, Florida.  Xichen, a pool technician, never turned up and Michael became frustrated with his absence.  Michael proceeded to call and give his tardy friend an earful, but noticed Xichen sounded distraught on the other end of the line.  When asked if everything was okay, Xichen responded that his wife, 21-year-old Nhu Quynh Pham, burned his passport.  He then told Michael that because of this, he became enraged and did “unspeakable things” to her...

Written by Trevor Pason Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway.

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Written/Audio Sources: 

• 3 Reasons The ‘Sunk-Cost Fallacy’ Keep Us Stuck In Bad Relationships

• "Parallels of Love and Hate Defined by Attachments" by Nicole Spann

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• Man Accused Of Slashing Wife's Throat, Then Playing Her Favorite Music As She Died In Tub Formally Indicted For Murder 

• Florida Man Slit Wife's Throat, Held Her Hand and Played Her 'Favorite Music' as She Died in Bathtub: Cops

• Xichen Yang Vehicle Search Warrant 

• Xichen Yang Orange County Arrest Affidavit

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• Man accused of cutting wife’s throat, holding her hand as she died faces Seminole County judge 

• Xichen Yang Search Warrant Residence 

• Florida man accused of slitting wife’s throat and killing her because she burned his passport | Truecrimedaily.com

• Altamonte Springs police bodycam video shows man accused of slashing wife’s throat arrested

• Man indicted for slashing wife's throat at Altamonte Springs apartment

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• Florida man allegedly killed his wife over a burnt passport - New details from police report

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• Man accused of cutting wife’s throat, holding her hand as she died faces Seminole County judge

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Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: "Slow Drift" by Harbours & Oceans 

• Closing Track: "I am Hard to Love" by Ruiqi Zhao  

Music & Sound Effect Sources

All music and sound effects used with express permission under unlimited blanket license authority from Epidemic Sound ® and SoundStripe ®.  Individual sources are available via request at info@invisiblechoir.com