S4 - EP 14 - ROBERT FISHER - WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE

Welcome to Season 4 – Episode 14!

In this episode, we travel into the suffocating desert heat of Scottsdale, Arizona, to dissect the cold-blooded, meticulously calculated crimes of Robert William Fisher. To the outside world, he tried to project the image of a devoted family man, but behind closed doors, he was a volatile tyrant who operated under an obsession with absolute control over his household.

When the Fisher family home violently exploded into a wall of 20-foot flames on April 10, 2001, investigators uncovered a horror scene that the fire was specifically rigged to incinerate. Mary Fisher and her two young children hadn't died in the blast—they had been brutally executed in their beds hours before. Leaving behind a rigged gas line and a lit candle as a delayed fuse, Robert secured himself a ten-hour head start and vanished into thin air, landing himself a permanent spot on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list.

Twenty-five years later, with his truck found abandoned near a vast network of subterranean desert caves, we are still asking: did he die in the wilderness, or did he successfully pull off the ultimate vanishing act?

The poison for this episode is the The Arizona Statehood.

If you want to drink with me, you’ll need rye whiskey, Dubonnet Rouge, Gum Syrup, Angostura bitters, and ginger ale. Cherry for garnish.

The Arizona Statehood

• 1 oz Rye Whiskey
• 1 oz Dubonnet Rouge (a fortified, wine-based aperitif)
• 1 dash Gum Syrup
• 1 dash Angostura Bitters
• Top off with Ginger Ale
• Garnish: 1 Cherry

Mix the rye, Dubonnet, gum syrup, and bitters together in a glass with ice. Fill the rest of the glass with ginger ale, stir gently, and drop a cherry on top

Enjoy!

Sources: The documentary "Where is Robert Fisher?" -https://youtu.be/WBpHNK5tmII?si=X-DL9it-rGjuU6o1, "Finding Robert Fisher" -https://youtu.be/DmMdh6Jxxzo?si=H6u0ZIUvGyk-ftTb, various articles and the Scottsdale Police Department Report.