In 1994, a local TV star was on top of the ratings. He delivered the local weather almost everyday to viewers who loved his knowledge, personality, and charisma. He was so well-loved that not only did her deliver the weather, many businesses and schools around the area fought to get him to speak and engage with them at many of his events... He was unstoppable...Or so he thought, because in Marchh of the same year, a person open the floodgates on the "media star" they knew... and when they did, all hell was about to break loose. 

WARNING: This episode talks about stalking and suicide.

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News Sources

1. Virginia Tech Library - https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1994/rt9404/940415/04150076.htm
2. The Edwardsville Intelligencer - https://www.newspapers.com/image/1301997035/?match=1&terms=bob%20richards%20meteorologist  
3.  Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/truth-gossip-and-sleaze-188822?utm_
4. Riverfront Times - https://www.riverfronttimes.com/weatherman-bob-richards-suicide-25-years-ago-rocked-st-louis/
5. St. Louis Dispatch - 
   1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/142349640/?match=1&terms=bob%20richards  
   2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/139669747/?match=1&terms=bob%20richards
   3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/143002005/?match=1&terms=bob%20richards  
   4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/143001121/
   5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/142306929/?match=1&terms=bob%20richards  
   6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/143001412/?match=1&terms=bob%20richards
   7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/143000630/?match=1&terms=bob%20richards
   8. https://www.newspapers.com/image/143005338/?match=1&terms=bob%20richards%20meteorologist 

 

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