Challenging American Exceptionalism: Fearing the USA IS best at serial murder
In this episode - We cover serial killer partners in crime. Looking at the Moors murders, the Ken and Barbie killers, USA’s horrifying Leonard Lake and Charles Ng and more, we want to know what motivates these men and women.
Why did they get together and make themselves not just worse, but the worst?
They also address the burning questions you didn’t know you had, like:
Who does Merie think are the laziest serial killers on the planet?
Does Becky really say feminine-ize? Is that even a word? Does she also misuse the phrase vice-versa?
Why does Merie fear we’ve run out of American serial killers?
What is Becky’s teeny-tiny connection to England’s Moors murders?
What the hell is a passive-aggressive murder style?
And, how do you pronounce Dnepropetrovsk, anyway?
So many questions. Listen to this episode to find out.
Our main sources for this podcast episode include: The brilliant Casefile podcast. A great article by Gina Dimuro on the god-awful Ken & Barbie duo. Psychology Today. This book by Eric Hickey. Dave Cullen’s phenomenal, in-depth, and brilliantly written book Columbine.
Further reading:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-25-me-30975-story.html
https://www.ranker.com/list/charles-ng-and-leonard-lake-facts/harrison-tenpas
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-27-mn-36618-story.html
https://rare.us/people/charles-ng-leonard-lake/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonard-lake
https://www.insider.com/couples-who-killed-together-2018-8
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-23-me-11944-story.html
Listen and let us know if we forgot something!