It's the second episode of our October Spooky Juice movie-themed monthly special! This week we're taking a look at the disturbing true murder of Sylvia Likens, which went on to inspire Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door (2007).

For the full transcript of this episode, click here. 

Sources: 

The Girl Next Door (2007)

“Sylvia’s Song” by Jen Kilzum 

https://viralnova.com/sylvia-likens-murder/

https://medium.com/@hlemonroe/the-disturbing-death-of-sylvia-likens-ba64ec62d345

https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/likens-looking-back-indianas-infamous-crime-50-years-later

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2015/10/23/indianapolis-most-sadistic-act-sylvia-likens-gertrude-baniszewski-torture-slaying-indianapolis-news-indianapolis-crime-crime-horror-torture/74209878/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sylvia_Likens

MURDERED: Sylvia Likens 

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/09/archives/to-be-female-is-to-die-millett.html 

The Indiana Torture Slaying: Sylvia Likens' Ordeal and Death by John Dean

House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying 

The Basement: Meditations on a Human Sacrifice By Kate Millett.

1965 radio interview - murder of Sylvia Likens

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