Illusion: The Murder of LaNell Barsock

Remember those Magic Eye posters from the 90s? The technical name is stereogram, an optical illusion where if you kinda unfocus your eyes and stare at it long enough, a colorful kaleidoscope-looking abstract will turn into something else. A rocket ship, maybe, or a tropical landscape. They’re fun, and everybody had one in their dorm room for a while. We’re always fascinated by illusion. It’s why magicians are so popular. In the right context, we love to watch something transform into something totally different. But when that something is a person we’ve come to care about and trust? Not so fun anymore.

Sources:
https://www.grunge.com/926587/larene-austins-motive-for-murdering-lanell-barsock-explained/
https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/05/31/woman-leaves-false-clues-in-lovers-murder-caught-after-escape-to-belize/
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/dateline-the-last-day-larene-austin-convicted-killing-lanell-barsock
Investigation Discovery's "In Plain Sight," episode "Red Hot Murder"
NBC's "Dateline: The Last Day," episode "The Case of LaNell Barsock"

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