Today we are talking about the Atlanta Child Murders. Between 1979 and 1981, children and teenagers were disappearing off the streets of Atlanta, later turning up dead, terrifying the entire city. At least 28 people in the Atlanta area, most of them young black boys and teenagers, were kidnapped and murdered.

This case is complicated. So to do it justice, we felt we had to turn it into a two parter. We encourage you to check out our show notes for additional information about the case. And we welcome our listeners to be a part of the conversation on Facebook or Twitter @ fruitloopspod or email us at [email protected]

We dive into the Stats (13:24), the setting (16:12), the convicted killer's early life (32:20) and the timeline (39:36). As usual we close out the show with some tips on how not to get murdered (103:25) and some shout outs (108:15).

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Articles/Websites

Wikipedia contributors. (08/16/2020). Atlanta murders of 1979–1981. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 08/19/2020 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%931981&oldid=973269829

Tallerico, Brian. (08/30/2019). The True Story Behind Mindhunter’s Atlanta Child Murders. Vulture. Retrieved 08/20/2020 from https://www.vulture.com/2019/08/mindhunter-atlanta-child-murders-true-story.html

Lloyd, Susan E. (n.d.). ATKID: The Atlanta Child Murders Case. FBI Studies. Retrieved 08/20/2020 from https://fbistudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/FBI-Grapevien-Atlanta-Child-Murders-Susan-Lloyd.pdf

Atlanta's Missing & Murdered. (n.d.). Retrieved 08/20/2020 from http://atkid.weebly.com/

Burch, Audra D.S. (04/30/2019). Who Killed Atlanta’s Children? The New York Times. Retrieved 08/20/2020 from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/atlanta-child-murders.html

Cep, Casey. (05/01/2020). When James Baldwin Wrote About the Atlanta Child Murders. The New Yorker. Retrieved 08/20/2020 from

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