The Murder of Shaima Alawadi
March 21st, 2012. El Cajon, California. Shaima Alawadi was attacked inside her home and died from her injuries three days later. Shaima was a Muslim woman and because a threatening note was found next to her body, investigators initially considered the possibility that her death was a hate crime.
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December 6th, 2014. Courtland, Mississippi. Firefighters responded to a report of a burning vehicle on a rural road. They found...
19-year-old Jessica Chambers nearby. She was still alive but severely burned. Jessica identified herself and told first responders that someone named “Eric” or “Derek,” set her car on fire. She died from her injuries the next day.Get bonus content from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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March 21st, 2012. El Cajon, California. Shaima Alawadi was attacked inside her home and died from her injuries three days later. Shaima...
was a Muslim woman and because a threatening note was found next to her body, investigators initially considered the possibility that her death was a hate crime.Get bonus content from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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June 28, 2014. Cottonport, Louisiana. When 29 year old kindergarten teacher and mother of two, Megan Ducote Parra, is found on the floor...
of her living room in a pool of her own blood with a gunshot wound to the head, detectives quickly rule it a suicide. But after some investigation of their own, Megan’s parents became suspicious that she may have been murdered.Get access to our Discord and get more episodes at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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Holden, MO. February 18, 1984. Bill Prewitt was shot and killed while he slept. His wife, Patty Prewitt, gathered the four kids and went...
to a neighbor’s house for help. Officers suspected Patty of committing the crime almost instantly.Get bonus content from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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January 31st, 2013. Kaufman, Texas. Prosecutor Mark Hasse was shot multiple times as he walked to the Kaufman County courthouse. Two...
months later, Kaufman County DA Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were murdered while they slept inside their home. The suspect was a former justice of the peace who was convicted of theft just a year earlier.Get bonus content from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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November 13th, 1971. The Pas, Manitoba. 19-year-old Helen Betty Osborne was a Cree woman who was abducted and murdered by four white men...
in a small town. It took over a decade for the perpetrators to face charges, despite the fact that many people in the community knew the names of all involved.Get bonus content from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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July 12, 1988. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the summer of 1988, 4-year-old Barbara Jean Horn went missing from her home in Philadelphia...
PA. Last seen holding hands with an unknown man, she was later found dead, beaten and bloodied, in a TV box two blocks away from her home. With no leads to go on, other than a composite sketch of the unknown male, the case went cold. But several years later, in 1992, new detectives on the case arrested a man whom they claimed confessed to the crime.Get even more episodes from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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December 11, 1964, Los Angeles, CA. Sam Cooke, legendary singer, songwriter, activist, and businessman was shot to death in a motel...
wearing only a jacket and wristwatch. Bertha Franklin, the motel’s manager, and Lisa Boyer, the woman he arrived with, claimed Sam attacked them individually and Franklin shot him in self-defense. Conspiracy theories and doubts about the investigation continue to plague the case decades later.Get bonus content from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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January 12th, 2022. Harris County, Texas. After 41 years, two murder victims known as the Harris County Does were finally identified as...
Dean and Tina Clouse, a young married couple with a child. After speaking to their families, investigators focused on finding their daughter, Holly Marie, who had never been located. https://justicefordeanandtina.com/Get bonus content from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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September 28th, 2014. Skillman (Montgomery Township), New Jersey. The bodies of John and Joyce Sheridan, a prominent couple with...
political connections, were found inside their burning home. Details about their deaths were suppressed for months until the prosecutor’s office declared the case a murder-suicide. Numerous people, including the Sheridans’ sons, expressed their doubts about this ruling.Get bonus content from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy
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Aaron's New Podcast Is: Marooned
Aaron Habel (Generation Why) and Jack Luna (Dark Topic) bring you stories of the catastrophically lost. Search for Marooned in whichever...
podcast app you use and follow or subscribe and never miss an episode. Two episodes are out now with more on the way.Episode 1: Inchworm
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In 1978, Rodney Alcala won a date on the popular TV show, The Dating Game. What no one knew was that he was a prolific serial killer in...
the middle of a cross-country murder spree. In this six-part series, co-hosts Tracy Pattin (Hollywood & Crime) and Stephen Lang (Avatar, Don’t Breathe) take listeners on an unbelievable journey into Alcala’s twisting secret life. He hid behind normal jobs as a typesetter at a prominent newspaper and a summer camp counselor. How did this predatory monster fool employers, prison psychiatrists, and parole boards — all while committing heinous crimes from coast to coast? And how did a one-time appearance as a game show contestant help lead to his capture? From the makers of Dirty John, Dr. Death, and Young Charlie, learn the story of the most famous serial killer you’ve never heard of - The Dating Game Killer.Listen today at wondery.fm/genwhyDGK
Sara Casey: A Patreon Preview
Sara Casey: A Patreon Preview is an introduction to the extra content that Justin & Aaron produce for the Generation Why Patreon page....
Have you wanted more content from us but are all caught up on our nearly 400 episodes? Then we have a solution for you. Head over to https://patreon.com/generationwhy and for just 5 dollars each month you will get an extra episode each month as well as beyond the episode discussions. As of right now there are more than 100 bonus episodes available with more on the way. We also donate to a worthy nonprofit every month. So, enjoy this preview of our Sara Casey episode and head over to our Patreon page for this and many other episodes you have never heard before. https://patreon.com/generationwhySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Golden State Killer
Aaron is joined by Mike Morford from Criminology Podcast to discuss the Golden State Killer who was captured on Wednesday, April 25th,...
2018. While much remains unknown at this point, the notorious serial killer now has a name and a face. Criminology Podcast is covering this notorious serial killer in depth in its current season. We originally covered this case on episode #155 under the title The Original Night Stalker.Criminology Podcast:
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Michelle McNamara's Letter to GSK:
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/letter-to-the-golden-state-killer
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