{"id":29414,"date":"2016-08-17T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=29414"},"modified":"2016-08-17T18:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T23:42:41","slug":"wrestlecrate-offers-lifetime-sub-making-murderer-subject-brendan-dassey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/17\/wrestlecrate-offers-lifetime-sub-making-murderer-subject-brendan-dassey\/","title":{"rendered":"WrestleCrate offers lifetime sub to &#8220;Making a Murderer&#8221; subject Brendan Dassey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2415345450\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>By Sean Radican, PWTorch columnist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WrestleCrate, a monthly wrestling-themed subscription box, is looking to give wrestling fan Brendan Dassey, who was featured on the Netflix documentary \u201cMaking a Murderer,&#8221; a lifetime subscription to their service.<\/p>\n<p>Dassey, of Wisconsin, was convicted in 2007 of the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach. Many people that watched \u201cMaking a Murderer\u201d were sympathetic towards Dassey, believing he was not responsible for the murder.<\/p>\n<p>It was evident from the footage shown in the documentary that Dassey\u2019s confession to his involvement in the murder was coerced. Also, the judge that overturned the conviction cited the manner in which a confession was obtained from Dassey, who has a low IQ. Prosecutors have 90 days to bring Dassey to trial again or he will be released.<\/p>\n<p>Dassey is now 26. Dassey\u2019s uncle, Steven Avery, was the main subject of \u201cMaking a Murderer.\u201d He is currently also serving time for the murder in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Allen, the owner of WrestleCrate, took an interest in Dassey\u2019s case when watching \u201cMaking a Murderer.\u201d Allen tells PWTorch exclusively that he believes Dassey was taken advantage of because of his IQ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt that the detectives took advantage of Brendan,\u201d said Allen. \u201cThey knew he was just a simple kid and they used that to their advantage to get what they wanted out of him. It was sickening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dassey connected with wrestling fans in the documentary in a scene where he called his mother and told her he didn\u2019t want to miss WrestleMania 22 after being detained by the police.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1702155993\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;That part of the show touched me the most,\u201d said Allen. \u201cHe didn&#8217;t understand the amount of trouble that he was facing and his innocence as a child struck me hard in that scene. That scene showed me that Brendan\u00a0was innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like many people that watched \u201cMaking a Murderer,&#8221; Allen was excited to hear about Dassey\u2019s pending release from prison when a judge overturned his conviction last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was ecstatic,\u201d said Allen of when he heard the news. \u201cBrendan&#8217;s story has stuck with me since I watched it. He was a child that was taken advantage of and I hope his story brings changes to prevent something like this happening in the future to someone else&#8217;s child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Sean Waltman, who was a big fan of \u201cMaking a Murderer,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealXPac\" target=\"_blank\">announced on his Twitter account<\/a> that he would get Dassey tickets to Summerslam this weekend if Dassey was freed from jail quickly. Allen also got an idea to help Dassey adjust to life outside of prison and decided to offer Dassey a lifetime subscription to WrestleCrate\u2019s monthly subscription box.<\/p>\n<p>Allen tells PWTorch why he has decided to make this happen for Dassey. \u201cObviously Brendan\u00a0is a wrestling fan, \u201csaid Allen. \u201cWe wanted to help him get caught up with the wrestling world. Each of our crates showcase wrestlers and wrestling events from the past and present. Hopefully the crates can bring him back to the joys of being a wrestling fan when he was a child and showcase some of the things he may have missed over the years. The overall goal is to bring a smile and some happiness to Brandon after years of suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One obstacle in the way of Allen getting Dassey signed up for a WrestleCrate subscription is getting in touch with his family. \u201cWe are in the process of reaching out to some people that are connected to him,\u201d said Allen. \u201cOr if someone connected to him sees this article first and gets in touch with us!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has any information to help WrestleCrate contact Dassey, their email address is <a href=\"mailto:info@wrestlecrate.com\">info@wrestlecrate.com<\/a>. They can also be reached via their website <a href=\"http:\/\/WrestleCrate.com\" target=\"_blank\">WrestleCrate.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2138644541\"><div id=\"pwtor-3798447196\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Sean Radican, PWTorch columnist WrestleCrate, a monthly wrestling-themed subscription box, is looking to give wrestling fan Brendan Dassey, who was featured on the Netflix documentary \u201cMaking a Murderer,&#8221; a lifetime subscription to their service. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/17\/wrestlecrate-offers-lifetime-sub-making-murderer-subject-brendan-dassey\/\" title=\"WrestleCrate offers lifetime sub to &#8220;Making a Murderer&#8221; subject Brendan Dassey\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3684,2151],"class_list":["post-29414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_etc","tag-brendan-dassey","tag-wrestlecrate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/01\/WrestleCrate_3x2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29431,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29414\/revisions\/29431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}