In 2017, 19 year old Kenneka Jenkins attended a private party at a room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel just outside of Chicago. Unfortunately, the teen did not make it home that night.
Usually on this show, we tend to cover cases that are unsolved because of awful police work well. In today's case, we get to see some A-class police work that helped solve a case 27 years later.
On July 31st, 1972, a rag tag group of black Americans hijacked a Delta flight and tried to reroute it to Algeria and search for a better life. However, like in most cases, not everything about this group is what it seemed
On march 18th, 1990, twin girls dannette and jeanette millbrook walked away from their local gas station in Augusta Georgia where they disappeared into thin air. My name is safiyyah talley and this is true crime and knit.
Last week, I began to tell you the story of Crazy Dave, a man who just could not stop his violent urges and documented his struggles in his prison diary. Today we will explore his path of destruction that will affect generations.
Often on this show, I discuss unfair imprisonment of black men in comparison to white men.Today’s story is a first on my show as the perpetrator in question begged the court to keep him in prison longer. Today we will cover the story of Crazy Dave.
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About True Crime & Knit
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True Crime & Knit invites listeners to indulge in their knitting (or their vice of choice), as they listen to host Safiyyah Talley (The Drunk Knitter) tell lesser known stories that involve people…
of color and lgbtq+ voices. Safiyyah will often be joined by leaders in the knitting industry, who will react to the story and share their own conclusions. Also during the show, Safiyyah and her guests will have an intermission (a knitter-mission) where they discuss knitting projects and current events in the knitting world.