Game Over - He Beat Her to Death with an Xbox Because She Was the Wrong Zodiac Sign
DEADLY INTENT23 Sep 2025

Game Over - He Beat Her to Death with an Xbox Because She Was the Wrong Zodiac Sign

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Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence, mental health crises, bizarre murder methods, and detailed descriptions of crime scenes involving gaming equipment. The case also involves discussions of delusion and psychological breaks from reality. Listener discretion is advised.


Season 1, Episode 8: “Game Over”

In April 2013, Fort Lauderdale police responded to what they initially thought might be a domestic dispute gone wrong. What they found instead was a crime scene so bizarre it reads like something from a video game horror story—a young woman beaten to death with a gaming console by her boyfriend, who claimed he was fighting for his very soul.

Monica Gooden was just 25 years old, working hard to build a life in South Florida with her boyfriend Darrius Johnson. She had no way of knowing that Johnson's grip on reality was slipping, or that his Xbox 360 would become the weapon that ended her life in a delusional attempt to free his soul from what he believed was her supernatural control.

Host Carman Carrion explores this tragic case where gaming culture, mental health crisis, and domestic violence collided in the most unexpected way. From Johnson's bizarre claims about astrological assassination to his conviction that Gooden "would not die" like some video game boss, this case reveals how delusion can transform everyday objects into instruments of unthinkable violence.

What drives someone to believe murder is the only escape from imaginary control? How does a gaming console become a murder weapon? And what can this tragic case teach us about recognizing the warning signs of someone losing their grip on reality?

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