Episode 509: Rapist and Murderer Oba Chandler

13 O'Clock · May 21, 2026

Oba Chandler Jr. (October 11, 1946 – November 15, 2011) was an American convicted mass murderer, rapist, robber, and fraudster executed by lethal injection in Florida for the brutal 1989 triple murder of Joan Rogers and her teenage daughters Michelle (17) and Christe (14). The Ohio family, on vacation in Florida, was lured onto Chandler’s boat; the victims were bound, gagged, raped, and thrown into Tampa Bay while still alive, with concrete blocks tied to their necks. Their bodies were discovered floating days later. Chandler, an aluminum siding contractor with a long criminal history…