Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Despite multiple technical issues (including the death of Beth's computer), a fit of hiccups and a laughter attack, in Fruitloops Season 2 episode 25, Wendy & Beth get into Part 2 of the story of Kendall Francois, aka "The Poughkeepsie Killer", a black serial killer from Poughkeepsie, New York. Francois was convicted of killing eight women from 1996 to 1998.  He hid all of the bodies inside his pa...

In this episode, which is part one of a two parter, Wendy and Beth tell the story of Kendall Francois, aka "The Poughkeepsie Killer". Francois was a serial killer from Poughkeepsie, New York, who was convicted of killing eight women from 1996 to 1998. We cover Francois’ early life, the timeline and investigation. As usual we close out the show with some shout outs, crime news and of course, some t...

On this episode Beth and Wendy discuss Juan Vallejo Corona, a Mexican serial killer who was convicted of the murders of 25 migrant farm workers found buried in shallow graves in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California, in 1971. The exact victim total, however, remains unknown. As usual we close out the show with some shout outs, crime news and of course, some tips on ho...

In this episode we discuss KD Kempamma, AKA Cyanide Mallika, who was India’s first female convicted serial killer. Beginning in 1999 Kempamma killed 6 women over the next 8 years.  We take a deep dive into Kempamma’s life, crimes, victims, and her arrest. As usual we close out the show with some shout outs, crime news and of course, some tips on how not to get shmurdered.  Thanks for listening! Th...

This is Part 2 of the story of The D.C. sniper attacks (also known as the Beltway sniper attacks) which were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred during three weeks in October 2002, in the states of Maryland and Virginia, and the District of Columbia, aka the DMV. Ten people were killed and three others were critically wounded in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and along Inte...

In this week's episode we discuss Part 1 of The DC Snipers AKA the Beltway Snipers , John Allen Muhammad (aged 41 at the time) and Lee Boyd Malvo (aged 17 at the time). Their crime spree began in February of 2002, and included murders and robberies in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington. In ten months, the snipers killed 17 people and wounded 10 other...

Today’s episode is a little bit different. We are talking about Randall Saito, who is not a serial killer, but he did kill one woman and was described as someone who has the potential to be a serial killer, had he not been caught. In 2017, he escaped a state mental hospital in Hawaii and flew across the ocean before he was apprehended in California. We discuss the history, the setting, the crime a...

This is part 2 about Rodney Alcala aka the “Dating Game Killer”.  We take a deep dive into the investigation, arrest, wild trial and what we think made the killer snap.  We also get into where they are now. As usual we close out the show with some shout outs, crime news and of course, some tips on how not to get shmurdered.  Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop ever...

This episode is Part one of a two parter on Rodney Alcala, a Mexican American man who became known as the “Dating Game Killer” because of his appearance on the TV matchmaking show “The Dating Game” in 1978, while in the middle of his killing spree. In this first part we dive into Alcala's background and early crimes.  As usual we close out the show with some shout outs, crime news and of course, s...

On this week's episode we discuss Paul Durousseau AKA The Jacksonville Serial Killer, an American serial killer who murdered seven young women (including two who were pregnant) in the southeast United States between 1997 and 2003.We discuss the setting, the killers early life, early crimes, and his escalation to rape and murder.  We discuss what we know about the victims, who were all black women...

In this episode we talk about Dellmus Colvin, a long haul trucker convicted of killing 5 women, but who is suspected of killing many more. STATSMr. Colvin killed at least 7 womenDates: 1987 was his first murder, and 2000 to 2005 was when he killed 6 or more womenHe was apprehended on Nov. 20th 2005Crimes occurred in New Jersey and in Ohio of USAMO: Strangulation and suffocationStatus: Pleaded guil...

On this episode Beth and Wendy get into the rest of the story of the Taco Bell Strangler AKA Henry Louis Wallace. We jump right back into the timeline, followed by the investigation where the investigators finally get it together, the arrest and where they are today. We as always give shout outs, share our take aways and share our tips on how not to get murdered. Thanks for listening! This is a we...

In Season 2 episode 13 Beth and Wendy Discuss Henry Louis Wallace, AKA the Taco Bell Strangler.  We got into the weeds on this one so it will be a 2 parter. In Part 1 we discuss this American serial killer who killed 11 women in North and South Carolina. Many serial killers target strangers, victims to whom they have no link or relation whatsoever. Henry Louis Wallace was not that kind of serial k...

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...