Eye for an Eye: A Story of Murder for Hire

Punk rock legend Patti Smith once sang, “You gotta lose control before you take control.” It’s a romantic idea—especially because so many of us spend our lives chasing an illusion of control, when really, life’s kind of a crapshoot. But you gotta find a happy medium somewhere. If you’re too loosey goosey, your life is gonna be a mess. And if you’re wound too tight, well—then the first thing that threatens that perfect order might snap some crucial thread and send you spinning into the void. This is the story of a man’s quest for a life under perfect control, and what happened when he lost it.<br /><br />Sources:<br />Court paperwork: State v. Mockovak: <a href="https://casetext.com/case/state-v-mockovak-2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://casetext.com/case/state-v-mockovak-2</a><br />Mockovak v. Haynes: <a href="https://casetext.com/case/mockovak-v-haynes-4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://casetext.com/case/mockovak-v-haynes-4</a><br />Seattle Times: <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/clearly-lasik-co-founder-gets-20-year-sentence-for-murder-for-hire-plot/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/clearly-lasik-co-founder-gets-20-year-sentence-for-murder-for-hire-plot/</a><br />Seattle Weekly: <a href="https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/clearly-lasiks-michael-mockovak-has-lost-the-right-to-practice-in-washington-last/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/clearly-lasiks-michael-mockovak-has-lost-the-right-to-practice-in-washington-last/</a><br />Oxygen's "Murder for Hire," s1, episode 8<br /><br />Follow us, campers!<br />Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): <a href="https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire</a><br />Facebook: True Crime Campfire<br />Instagram: <a href="https://gramha.net/profile/truecrimecampfire/19093397079" tar