The Midwest U.S. was rocked in the late 1950s not just by new-fangled rock 'n roll music or by its bout of horrific flooding, but by an even more sinister kind of horror. Fourteen-year-old Caril Fugate accompanied her 19-year-old boyfriend Charles Starkweather on a murder spree that would claim 11 lives between December 1957 and January 1958 and would later inspire a host of films and music about their rampage through the Badlands.

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Date: December 22, 2018

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The Midwest U.S. was rocked in the late 1950s not just by new-fangled rock ‘n roll music or by its bout of horrific flooding, but by an even more sinister kind of horror. Fourteen-year-old Caril Fugate accompanied her 19-year-old boyfriend Charles Starkweather on a murder spree that would claim 11 lives between December 1957 and January 1958 and would later inspire a host of films and music about their rampage through the Badlands.

This is the sixth episode in the podcast’s first season, “Accessories to Murder.” If you like this episode, please subscribe, rate us with 5 stars on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher, and consider supporting us at Patreon.

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Produced, written, & edited by: Paris Brown

Music by: Dr. Frankenstein. “Theme for ‘The Mad Thinker'” from The Cursed Tapes: Stolen Songs from Dr. Frankenstein’s Lab, 2005

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Julie Maxwell. “Childhood Memories” from Farther Than All the Stars, 2016. Creative commons attribution license.

Podcast artwork by: Nathalie Rattner ([email protected])

Logo lettering by: St. Anchor Graphics

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SOURCES AND RECOMMENDED READING:

Beaver, Ninette. Caril. Lippencott, 1974.

Newton, Michael. Waste Land: The Savage Odyssey of Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate. Gallery, 2014.

Salter, Peter. “Fugate Recovering from Injuries, But Can’t Shake Starkweather Legacy.” Lincoln Journal-Star. 21 Jan. 2014.