The Black Umbrella Podcast

Charles Starkweather: Spree Killer & Inspiration


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When you’re the inspiration for one of horror’s greatest villains, you know you’re a bad, bad human. Introducing Charles Starkweather, a spree killer, who racked up a total of eleven murders in the span of a couple of months. Many site Starkweather as the man who gave Stephen King the inspiration for some of his baddest villains, including Randall Flagg. Come under the Black Umbrella as we talk about what set Charles off onto his murder spree, his conviction and execution. Was he a product of bullying, or was there something ingrained inside Charles that turned him into this monster? We'll see.
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