Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea

Is this what we've become? A society of haters who believe that murder is okay as long as it suits their purposes? This week, Kim discusses recent events, where it seems that violence is okay, as long as you're taking out someone who doesn't look like you, or someone you don't agree with. This is an opinion episode rather than a regular episode. A new regular episode is coming in a few days. Thanks for listening.

William Bonin, known as the Freeway Killer or Freeway Strangler, terrorized the streets of Los Angeles and Orange Counties in a murderous rampage from 1979 to 1980, murdering at least 21 young men and boys. Before that, he had a long history of child molestation and was let out on parole twice. He was the first death row inmate to be executed by lethal injection in California.

Kudzu Killers is back! Kim has got a season planned of provative stories, and her sometimes controversial take on the crimes.

While you've most likely heard about the University of Idaho murders from back in 2022, and that the murderer accepted a plea deal of life without parole How much do you know about the victims? This episode hopes to let you know a little more about their lives, hopes, and dreams that will never be fulfilled.

He doesn't fit the profile for a serial killer. He met his victims on a dating app...
...And he disposed of the bodies using a shopping cart. The Shopping Cart Killer this week on Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea

Morgan Nick was just 6 years old when she was abducted from a Little League park in Alma, Arkansas on June 9, 1995. Join Kim today on Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea to hear the details of the abduction and see if you can offer some information on her disappearance. Let's give this family closure.

Back with Season 2, all about unsolved cases and missing persons, and other things in between.

When Steven Stayner was kidnapped in 1972, the world watched as police and his family searched for him. Then he emerged a hero in 1980 when he rescued little Timmy White from suffering the same fate of torture, molestation and rape he'd endured for 7 years. Steven was hailed a hero. And then there was Cary, Steven's older brother...

With lethal injection and electrocution pretty much off the table in most states, some are reconsidering firing squad as a form of capital punishment. Is it really more humane than other methods of execution? You be the judge.

Little is known about the case of Mississippi Serial Killer Gregory Davis, but Lark pieces together his crimes and the aftermath. Ever feel like you were being watched through the stacks?

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When two female hitchhikers were murdered in separate incidents on the same day back in 1982, the only evidence was some blood on a glove and a tissue. It took 39 years and many man-hours of genetic genealogy tracking to finally identify their killer. A man was arrested last week for their murders. More and more often, genetic genealogy databases are helping solve long-cold crimes. Tune in for the story of these two young women.