Tommy Burns was a horse killer who murdered 20 horses in the ’80s. He used to earn a minimum of $5000 for killing a horse. His story is available on Netflix Bad Sport: Horse Hitman.
Tommy Burns, aka The Sandman, was a man who was guilty of killing the horses in the 1980s.
The story of his crime is filmed and is on Netflix Bad Sport: Horse Hitman. IMDb has rated the series 6.8 out of 10.
The series is the story of people who committed crimes in the sports industry. It has six stories, including Tommy Burns.
When he was arrested once, his so-called friends would not bail him. They would not even return his call as well.
Tommy Burns Horse Killer Wikipedia: Where Is He Now?
Tommy Burns was a horse killer who was found guilty of murdering over twenty horses in the ’80s. The United States Federal authorities caught him.
Burns was also known as “The Sandman.” Currently, he lives in Florida with the name Timmy Ray. He sells auto parts for a living.
He used to kill horses when ordered by rich people when they wanted to get rid of the horse to claim the hefty insurance cover on the animal’s life.
It became a way of life in the ’80s to kill the horses by wealthy socialites, horse trainers, and equestrians.
The horses were coldly murdered in the middle of the night. The owners would then benefit in thousands of dollars from the insurance companies.
Tommy Burns Age And Wife Details
Tommy Burns is now 60 years old.
In 1993, The New York Times had written an article about Tommy when he was 32 years old. According to the calculations, he is now 60 years old.
Tommy Burns’s wife is unknown.
But during his time in the ’80s, he helped the wife of U.S. Olympic rider Buddy Brown’s ex-wife, Donna Brown, to kill a jumper horse named, Streetwise.
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Tommy Burns Net Worth Revealed
Tommy Burns used to get 5000 dollars in the ’80s and ’90s to kill the horses which used to be ordered by wealthy people.
He killed 20 horses which means he earned about $100,000 in a total of killing those horses.
Burns’s typical fee was $5000; sometimes, he used to get more than that. He said that once he was offered $40,000.
He also said that if he had taken the offer of killing the horses coming to him, that number would have reached 50.