Pass the Axe // 044

New Bedford, MA - or, “The Whaling City,” is a quaint fishing town that is one of the most multicultural & diverse in the United States. With large Portuguese, Black, and several other various ethnic communities occupying the close knit neighborhoods, New Bedford would be the last place anyone would expect to witness a horrifically violent hate crime. Yet in 2006, that’s exactly what its residents would be forced to endure. 18-year-old Jacob Robida walked into a New Bedford gay bar armed with a pistol, knife, and a hatchet- tucked in his belt, under is black hooded sweatshirt. This is the tale of an anger-fueled loner, influenced by ideologies of homophobia, racism, and violent music. 

Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. Special thanks to Tami Gold, David Pavlosky, & Eric Johnson

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Written/Audio Sources: 

• Robida Myspace & Comments

• Puzzles Attack- CNN coverage 9:06 a.m. 2/3/06

• Puzzles Attack- CNN Announces Capture of Robida 2/3/06

• Puzzles Attack- Channel 5 reports death of Robida 2/4/06 11p

•  Puzzles Attack- Fox Providence 10 p.m. News 2/2/06

• Jacob Robida: Final days of a killer - News - southcoasttoday.com - New Bedford, MA

• Teen gunman took own life, officials say - By Maria Sacchetti and Jenna Russell: The Boston Globe

• BrainOnFire.Net Alleged Myspace Comments: Death, the internet, and privacy: 

• Robida Myspace & Comments

• CNN: Shootout kills gay-bar attack suspect - Feb 6, 2006

• Allegations by Puzzles victim tossed - Opinion - southcoasttoday.com - New Bedford

• Victim of gay bar attack files complaint

• Robert R. Perry, 65 - Obituaries - southcoasttoday.com - New Bedford, MA

• New BedFord Bar Flies: Rainbow's End (Description of Rainbow's End, Inside Bar After Re-Opening)

• Friends: Jacob couldn't have done it - News - southcoasttoday.com - New Bedford, MA

• Officer James Walter Sell, Gassville Police Department, Arkansas

• Murderpedia.com Jacob Robida

• US Census Bureau QuickFacts: New Bedford city, Massachusetts

• Wikipedia: Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts

• Wikipedia: Same-sex marriage in the United States

• Wikipedia: New Bedford

• Wikipedia: Insane Clown Posse

• Wikipedia: Jacob D. Robida

• Wikipedia: Tami Gold

• Dark Lotus

• Fourteen Words

• Films by David Pavlosky

• Alex Taylor: From Puzzles, a painful picture - News - southcoasttoday.com - New Bedford, MA

• Robida spoke through MySpace - News - southcoasttoday.com - New Bedford, MA

• NewDayFilms.Com: Puzzles

Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: “It Will Come Back” by The Stolen Orchestra

• Closing Track: “Night Watch” by Third Age

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