Welcome back to Beyond the Mask, where host Melanie Peterson joins her passion for true crime with her love of all things horror. In this episode, Melanie dives into the case of Earle Leonard Nelson, known as the Dark Strangler and the Gorilla Man. His horrific crimes would loosely inspire the Merry Widow Murderer in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller, Shadow of a Doubt. Make sure to subscribe to Mask of Sanity wherever you listen so you don’t miss an episode!
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RESOURCES
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https://allthatsinteresting.com/earle-nelson
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https://aurorasginjoint.com/2017/10/29/5-hitchcock-murderers-and-their-real-life-inspirations/
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-shadow-of-a-doubt-1943
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036342/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt
https://www.executedtoday.com/2020/01/13/1928-earle-nelson-the-dark-strangler/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39398363-shadow-of-a-doubt
Dinner Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEoTXa_52A0