After nearly a week on the run, Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania for the murder of health insurance CEO, Brian Thompson. But in a macabre twist, Mangione has found widespread support on social media, which has dubbed him the ‘hot assassin’. Why?
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**Host: **Luke Jones.
**Guest: **Sam Lovett, US reporter, The Times.
**Clips: **The Daily Show, ABC7 News, Fox11 News, TikTok/xyathanchekass, TikTok/dpshw, TikTok/imcodyjacob, other TikToks, Edith finding sources
**Further reading: **‘The hot assassin’: how the internet became obsessed with Luigi Mangione)
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