Pointer destruction = program crash

Question

unsigned int *pMessageLength, MessageLength;
char *pszParsePos;

...
//DATA into pszParsePos
...

printf("\nMessage Length\nb1: %d\nb2: %d\nb3: %d\nb4: %d\n",
    pszParsePos[1],pszParsePos[2],pszParsePos[3],pszParsePos[4]);

pMessageLength= (unsigned int *)&pszParsePos[1];

MessageLength = *((unsigned int *)&pszParsePos[1]);

//Program Dies

Output:

Message length
b1: 0
b2: 0
b3: 0
b4: 1

I do not understand why this harms my program. Can someone explain this, or at least suggest an alternative method that won't fail?

Thank you for your time!

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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