EP96 - The Terrible Winter: Charles Starkweather and The Anatomy of a Spree

from Anatomy of Crime · host True Crime Podcast

In the winter of 1958, a nineteen-year-old garbageman and his fourteen-year-old girlfriend embarked on a killing spree that terrorized Nebraska and shocked the nation. This episode dissects the anatomy of that rampage, exploring the nihilistic rage of Charles Starkweather and wrestling with the still-debated question: was Caril Ann Fugate a terrified hostage or a willing killer?

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