Henry Cardana And The Collapse Of Modern Masculinity

A sad story out of New Mexico.

Ted Bauer
4 min readMay 27, 2024

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The Henry Cardana case/situation happened in Rio Rancho, New Mexico on April 5, 2023. It’s been covered in the media a couple of times, but not as many as you’d think. I’ll link a full video in a second here, but basically what happens is this: Cardana is 86 years old. He’s caring for a 82 year-old woman, who isn’t his wife but is apparently his “partner,” and the 82 year-old is ornery and, according to her former son-in-law, has “an acid tongue.” Early in the day on April 5, 2023, Henry calls the police and basically says he cannot care for her anymore. The police come out and talk to him, with her lying in a bed in the living room. You can see it on this video:

They have a long talk with Henry and the woman, and some weird stuff is said about how he’s going to kill her and where he has guns, and the cops kinda laugh it off. They leave.

About three hours later, they get a call from neighbors and roll back to the house. Henry is lying in the doorway, bloody and sobbing. The 82 year-old woman…

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Ted Bauer
Ted Bauer

Written by Ted Bauer

I write about a lot of different topics, from work to masculinity to relationships and social dynamics, I.e. modern friendship. Pleasure to be here.

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