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the plot twists just keep on coming
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list we're looking at some of the most
unbelievable and jaw-dropping moments
and revelations from the true crime
documentary series Tiger king murder
mayhem and madness please note this
video will contain major spoilers so if
you haven't watched this explosive
series yet go binge watch it and come
back it couldn't be in springtime seeing
you in springtime
I never number 10
Jeff steals the zoo everybody was loyal
to Joanne we got here and I think they
kind of were skeptical that these two
people are gonna come in here and and
make things better just as everything
appears to be falling apart 4gw zoo
owner Joe exotic a would-be Savior
descends from on high seemingly poised
to save the day Jeff Lowe presents as a
successful businessman with a love for
big cats and considering his
larger-than-life fashion sense
unflappable confidence take-no-prisoners
attitude and willingness to throw money
around he appeals to Joe in a major way
for fear of losing the park to his
ongoing legal battle with Carol Baskin
Joe transfers ownership of the zoo to
Geoff low but it doesn't take long for
the ladder to show his true colors
yes he's a little lamb in the ultimate
power move low who many have described
as the ultimate con man turns on Jo and
boots him from the zoo he built Jo is
the entertainment director by title even
though Jeff was the owner Park Jo was
the star of the show Jeff was a star his
show so which one was gonna rule this
world number nine
everything about Doc antal Here I am
long ago on The Late Show with David
Letterman I've got my big plant panther
their shadow jay brought us out into the
forefront of people he got to meet my
animals like no one else had ever done
though Jo exotic is the starring
attraction Tiger king introduces a
number of major players in the world of
big cats in the first episode we meet
doc antal who Joe describes as having
had a major influence on him so I'm
doctor Bhagavan antl bhag avian Antal
aant le doctor bhargavan antal with his
success in the movie industry and more
polished zoo antal initially comes off
as eccentric but generally more
reputable then an episode two
cult of personality the curtain is
pulled back you know we lived in these
terrible horse stalls basically like
with sliding doors with bars on them
it's full of cockroaches I mean
everywhere doc antal is revealed to
essentially have a harem of wives and
runs his zoo in a way not dissimilar to
that of cult leaders complete with
emotional and psychological manipulation
later others go so far as to accuse him
of secretly euthanizing Tigers after
they grow beyond the profitable cub
phase number 8 murder plot do I believe
that Joe had a conversation with someone
and said man I wished arrows did
absolutely he said it a hundred times
from the very beginning of the series
we're told that this narrative is going
to involve a murder plot but with so
much craziness going on in the world of
Joe exotic it's easy to forget that
that's where the story is headed of
course Joe's incessant violent threats
towards Carol Baskin do help lay the
groundwork for the murder for hire when
I do
come psychotic that's my going to Tampa
gun across episode six and seven we
learn the details of how Joe allegedly
hired handyman Alan Glover to kill Carol
Baskin according to Glover Jeff Lowe and
James Garretson who shockingly became an
FBI informant there were detailed
discussions as to how and where to do
the crime and this guy starts coming
toward me the whole time he's
approaching me I'm thinking at what
point is he close enough that I should
just turn this gas nozzle into his face
the price according to Glover they
agreed on $5,000 but Joe only gave him
three thousand number seven it's not
over ongoing FBI investigation what
started out as this feud between two
people good and Noble fight to stop Cubs
selling cub petting turned into a
personal and legal court battle
considering Joe's style of dress the
haircuts of the people he surrounds
himself with and the quality of life
portrayed in the series it's easy to
forget that all this happened fairly
recently and as we're reminded by the
end titles in the last episode this
story is far from finished Joe might be
in jail but there are still a lot of
legal issues to be unraveled one of the
biggest end credits reveals is that da
cantle zoo was raided in 2019 though not
mentioned in the series Tim Starks
wildlife in need
located in Indiana is the subject of a
pending lawsuit and with more captive
Tigers in the United States than
globally in the wild the big cat debate
is very much ongoing did I do it on
purpose no I was wrapped up in
I have an issue number six Joe runs for
office political condoms vote for me or
you mean this cuz you're screwed
just when you think that Joe exotics
life and by extension this series can't
get any crazier he gets into politics by
this point in time he's already
struggling to keep his zoo running under
the crushing weight of his legal battles
with Carole Baskin nonetheless he
announces his intention to run for
president then saying that he can't wait
that long he instead decides to run for
governor and actually follows through
his quest for office is a complete mess
largely because of Joe himself his
campaign manager is easily among the
show's most sympathetic figures he had
no idea what a libertarian is he still
has no idea what a libertarian is
despite the odds Joe actually winds up
third in the polls but the campaign
ultimately only serves to hasten his
financial ruin his governor campaigned I
think that's where he kind of lost his
path as far as what was a priority
number five staff members arm my biggest
thing and it was derived from Joseph he
said our mission is to give these
animals a fighting chance in the first
episode of the series we meet Kelsey
staffs a free who is without a doubt
among Joe's most loyal employees even
after everything that's happened she's
generally kind when talking about Joe
and considering she lost her arm working
for him
that is saying a lot from the very
beginning it's clear that Joe Zoo isn't
overly concerned with safety protocols
few of the employees seem to have
experience or formal training and in
Episode two we learned that sure enough
Kelsey lost her arm to a tiger attack
the fact that there's actually footage
of the immediate aftermath is shocking
enough but even harder to wrap your mind
around is the fact that Kelsey was back
at work within days
number four Jo's guilty verdict
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considering everything Jo does and is
alleged to have done throughout the
series it's perhaps not so hard to
believe that he wound up being sentenced
to 22 years in prison given his age this
is essentially alexinnz then again Jo's
lifestyle makes it seem like he lived in
his own personal Wild West
he's always blowing stuff up making
death threats and operating in gray
areas when it comes to his animals as
such despite it being an inevitability
it's simultaneously hard to fathom that
he actually went down his phone calls
from prison are especially hard to
listen to as he genuinely seems to think
he can get out and start over number
three the studio and Gator pit fire
we're offering a $10,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest and
the conviction or the people that were
involved every time you think this
docu-series cannot possibly get any
crazier some new curveball is thrown our
way about halfway through episode four
tragedy strikes the GW Zoo when a
massive fire occurs on the property
consuming both Jo studio and the
alligator pit it becomes immediately
clear that this was an act of arson that
building where the alligators were kept
as well as a studio that Jo had it was
clearly an arson it was a set fire and
Jo is quick to point the finger at Caryl
Baskin and or quote animal rights people
the alligators were killed in the fire
Jo is no longer able to film his
webseries and producer Rick Kirkham
loses all the footage he put together
for his reality show the biggest shocker
though a video and various testimonials
that heavily imply that Jo himself may
have been behind the fire after the
studio learn whether he destroyed and
ignore it was born number two Carol's
husband's disappearance my understanding
was that he was killed in the first two
episodes of the series a dichotomy is
set up between Jo exotic and Carol
Baskin they sit on opposite ends of the
big cat debate and while they're both
undeniably eccentric Carol comes across
as the more altruistic and good
intentioned
- then Episode three starts and we get
an entirely different side of Carol the
whole episode is dedicated to the story
of Carol and the disappearance of her
previous husband millionaire dawn Lewis
the latter had tried to file a
restraining order against her just
months prior to his suspicious
disappearance the inclusion of the word
disappearance in his will is also
considered highly suspect prompting many
to suspect Carol of foul play it just
makes for wonderful sales of newspapers
I'm sure for them to speculate that I
fed him to the Tigers which is crazy
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neither Travis nor John Finley were gay
and Jo admitted that to me episode 5 of
this series make America exotic again is
without a doubt the most shocking of the
bunch simultaneously to Joe's political
campaign we learn about the nature of
his relationship with his two husbands
John and Travis according to multiple
testimonies his behavior was predatory
and possessive he controlled them with
gifts money and drugs John eventually
leaves Joe for a woman and Travis
accidentally shoots himself we don't see
it happen but we do see campaign manager
Joshua dial reacted Travis's death off
camera the footage is hard to process
and extremely upsetting adding to the
insanity of this tragedy jill finds
himself a new young partner and is
married again within two months of
Travis's death a married don't
invited me to the wedding okay I thought
it was gonna be a wet you know no it was
the cameraman me and the flower girl do
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