On Nov 29, 1987 Shirley Ellis went missing walking home from her job at Wilmington Hospital. Her body was found the next morning beaten and brutalized. This started a year long reign of terror on sex workers who traveled along the Rt 40 & Rt 13 corridor in Newark, DE. Is it plausible that a family man with 3 children could possibly be the murderer? Sex workers and other members of the community had noticed a blue Ford van frequenting the area and picking up hitchhikers and sex workers. Ultimately the DE State Police and the FBI realized that they had a serial killer on their hands.

Cocktail of the Episode:

Dirty Hooker

DRINK TYPE: COCKTAIL

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 oz. Raspberry Sourpuss
• 1/2 oz. Banana Liqueur
• 7-Up

INSTRUCTIONS

Fill a highball glass with ice. Pour in liqueurs and fill with 7-Up.

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Citations

Alone With Your Voices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ySelLIAgQ. Accessed July 30, 2024.

"Dirty Hooker." Barnonedrinks.com, No date, https://www.barnonedrinks.com/drinks/d/dirty-hooker-9453.html. Accessed August 1, 2024.

Nucleus. "#0092 Route 40 Killer, The Delaware Serial Murders." TheTrueCrimeDatabase.com, January 7, 2021, https://www.thetruecrimedatabase.com/case_file/route-40-killer/. Accessed July 30, 2024.

Patmore, Neil. "The Disturbing Crimes of Steven Brian Pennell, The Only Serial Killer in Delaware History." AllThatsInteresting.com, October 17, 2022, https://allthatsinteresting.com/steven-brian-pennell. Accessed July 30, 2024.

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