Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

On this week’s episode, Beth and Wendy discuss La Madrina, the Black Widow, the Cocaine Godmother and the Queen of Narco-Trafficking, Griselda Blanco. She was a Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel, and a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade and underworld for decades. It has been estimated that she was responsible for more than 200 murders while transporting cocaine from Colombia t...

In this weeks episode we discuss  Harrison Graham AKA The Corpse Collector, a black American serial killer from Philadelphia who raped and murdered 7 women in the 1980s. We get into the history of Philadelphia and Graham's early life.  We get into the crimes as well as the investigation and we spend a minute in culture corner. We discuss what we think made the killer snap and share our takeaways....

We're back! On this episode we discuss Juana Barraza, an amateur Mexican wrestler and serial killer dubbed La Mataviejitas (or "The Old Lady Killer") who was sentenced to 759 years in jail for killing eleven elderly women. The first murder attributed to Mataviejitas has been dated variously to the late 1990s and to a specific killing in November of 2003. The authorities and the press have given va...

In this special holiday episode, we get into "The Dayton Christmas Killings" which took place in Dayton, Ohio, from Dec. 24-26, 1992. 6 people were killed and three were injured in one of the bloodiest killing sprees in Dayton’s history.  STATS Victims: Joseph Wilkerson, 34, acquaintance of Taylor Danita Gullette, 18, mother using a payphone Richmond Maddox, 19, Taylor’s ex-boyfriend Sarah Abraham...

In this weeks episode Beth and Wendy get into the weeds on Charles Ng, a Chinese-American serial killer who was sentenced to death after torturing and killing up to 25 people with Leonard Lake at Lake’s California cabin. We've heard lots about Leonard Lake (the white guy) but this episode is all about Charles Ng. STATS  Date of murders 1983 - 1985 in Wilseyville, Calif., (northern California) MO:...

In this episode Beth and Wendy dive into Jessie Dotson Jr. and the Lester Street Murders in Memphis, Tenn. He killed six members of his family - four adults and two children, and also attempted to murder two of his nephews and one niece, all in one night. STATS Jessie Dotson Jr was a mass murderer who killed his brother and his brother’s family after an argument. He had 7 victims Jesse Murdered so...

On this episode Beth and Wendy discuss Lam Kor-wan aka The Jars Murderer aka The Rainy Night Butcher aka The Rainy Night Killer and The Hong Kong Butcher. Lam is Chinese and he lived and worked as a taxi driver in Hong Kong. He holds the distinction of being Hong Kong’s first (recorded) serial killer. Lam Kor wan had at least 4 Female Victims, we say that because he took pictures and video of his...

This week Beth and Wendy discuss Cannibal Killers! Happy Thanksgiving! We got a double whammy for ya. Since it’s thanksgiving and we will be filling our bellies with Turkey and sweet potato pie we thought we’d tell you about some cannibalistic killers of color. It’s like turkey and sweet potato pie for your ears. First up is Peter Bryan, a Black British guy with a history of mental illness, who ki...

On this episode we get talk about killer couple, Alton Coleman & Debra Brown, who in a span of two months, assaulted, raped and murdered their way from Illinois to Michigan and down to Kentucky before authorities were finally able to capture them. We get into the killers early lives, go into detail about the crimes and share as much as we were able to find about the victims. Coleman and Brown's cr...

In Maury Travis Part 2, Wendy & Beth pick the story up right where they left off in the previous episode. Travis was apprehended and we dive into the investigation, what we think made him snap and our takeaways. Also we are asking our listeners to weigh in with #hownottogetmurdered Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time, Look alive g...

Wendy and Beth begin a deep dive into the early life and crimes of the St. Louis Video Strangler, AKA Maury T. Travis. Mr. Travis is an American serial killer who tortured and murdered women while videotaping it. His crimes took place in Ferguson Missouri and in Illinois. He had 12 to 17 victims. Here are the Names of the Victims who were identified: Mary Shields 62; Alysa Greenwade 34; Teresa Wil...

On Episode 1 of Season 2, Wendy and Beth are back at it. In a special Halloween episode, we take a deep dive into the life and crimes of Takahiro Shiraishi aka the Twitter Killer. Shiraishi was a young Japanese man who lured his victims via twitter. He preyed on young women who were contemplating suicide. When police apprehended him on Halloween 2017, they found 9 severed heads in his apartment. W...

It's been a little bit since we left you without a dope pod to step to. Beth and Wendy took a little break but we will be back on October 25th. Stay tuned for season 2 new full episodes coming soon. For now enjoy a promo from Killafornia Dreaming - and maybe help solve a mystery! Have you had a chance to go back and listen to our old episodes? Which case is your favorite? Join the conversation acr...

In the last episode of Season 1, Beth and Wendy talk about the Tamiami Trail Strangler from Miami Florida. He raped and strangled 6 sex workers. He also had anal sex with the corpses. We get into Conde's early life that included his mother dying when he was a baby, and sexual and physical abuse at the hands of family members. We take deep dives into the setting and Conde's life and crimes. We also...

In this episode Beth and Wendy talk about Swift Runner, a Canadian Cree from Alberta, who committed his crimes in 1879. He killed and ate his family and he claimed his actions were the fault of the Wendigo. We get into all of North American Racism and the intense harm it caused, Cree Culture, and the white people who impinged on the Cree peoples lives, adversely affecting their survival.  We descr...

On Episode 14 Beth and Wendy discuss the Wichita Massacre. We talk about the terrifying crime spree that the Carr Brothers wrought on Wichita in December 2000. We discuss their terrible childhoods and details of the crime spree. The details provided by one of the surviving victims are horrifying. Listen at your own discretion. Footnotes & more: https://fruitloopspod.com/2018/09/13/kimberly-mccarth...

In episode 13, Beth and Wendy discuss the life and crimes of Kimberly McCarthy, a black woman who brutally murdered 3 elderly women for financial gain. We discuss the city of Dallas in the 80's and 90s. We also discuss how race and poverty contributed to the story at the time. We wrap up the show by sharing out take aways from the story and share some tips on "How not to get murdered". Footnotes &...

In episode 12 we discuss Josephine Gray AKA The Black Widow. She is responsible for the deaths of 2 husbands and 1 boyfriend, and she was rumored to be a voodoo practitioner. This case took place in Baltimore in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Baltimore has a high population of black people but it is also very segregated. We discuss the Black Widow's life (what we could find out anyway), her crimes, the...

On Fruitloops Episode 11 Beth and Wendy discuss the life, crimes and victims of Timonthy WIlson Spencer, AKA The Southside Strangler. This case is notable as the first case in the US where DNA was used to convict a serial killer. Timothy Wilson Spencer was convicted of raping and strangling four women over 11 weeks in 1987. There was very little circumstantial evidence and Spencer did not confess....

On Fruitloops Episode 10 Beth and Wendy discuss part 2, the timeline of the crimes, the victims, investigation, and arrest of Coral Watts, AKA The Sunday Morning Slasher. Coral is an African American Serial Killer. We also talk about what we think made him snap and "where are they now?". Before we get into the show we share our Shout outs, Serial Killer News and we wrap up the show with our take a...

Carl Eugene Watts, AKA The Sunday Morning Slasher aka Coral. The attacks seemed motiveless, random attacks, often committed between 3am and 5am on peaceful Sunday mornings. In this first part of the episode we set the table for you by describing where Watts grew up and where he committed his crimes. We discuss the details of his early life and early crimes. We also get into the early part of the i...

Anthony Sowell, AKA The Cleveland Strangler, is an African American serial killer from Cleveland Ohio. He’s known for his “House of Horrors”, where 11 dead bodies were found scattered throughout his home. 11 known murder victims Span of crimes May 2007 to Sept. 2009 in Ohio. He was apprehended on October 31, 2009. Footnotes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Sowell https://www.cbsnews.com/pic...

Jake Bird AKA The Tacoma Axe Killer was born in Louisiana, in what he described as a town with no post office, and he claimed that he could not remember it. He confessed to being involved in or committing 44 murders. He was apprehended on October 30, 1947 and hanged at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla.   Up until the 1970s Bird was considered the most prolific serial killer in the...

Chester Dewayne Turner, also known as The Southside Slayer, is an American convicted serial killer. On April 30, 2007, he was convicted of the murders of 10 women in Los Angeles, and was also found guilty in the death of the unborn child of one of his victims. He was convicted of 4 additional murders on June 19, 2014. Please like and subscribe. Stats Victims: 15 (convicted), in 2007 – 11 murders (...

In part 2 of our discussion about America's first black female serial killer, Clementine Barnabet we get into her wild confession, the media coverage and her trial. Her defense attorneys claimed she was insane, but she stood trial, was found guilty of the Randall murders and she was sentenced to life at Louisiana Penitentiary at the age of 19. Clementine Barnabet was sentenced to life in prison at...