121: The Rape and Murder of Wanda McCoy

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

In 1981, a young woman in the tiny town of Grundy, Virginia, was brutally raped and murdered. Her assailant was quickly identified and convicted. But in his fight against the justice system and manipulation by the media, his victim, 19 year old Wanda McCoy, was ignored and forgotten for decades.

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0:57.2	Southern fried true crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners and there may also be some explicit language used
1:04.4	Today's episode is about sexual assault and maybe distressing to some listeners
1:09.4	Listener discretion is strongly advised
1:11.6	Margaret atwood once said men are afraid women will laugh at them women are afraid that men will kill them
1:22.0	It is true. We are also terrified of being raped
1:26.0	Our culture has conditioned us to expect sexual violence to come from a stranger
1:31.2	But in fact less than 20% of rapes are committed by strangers
1:35.5	Our worst nightmare is often used as a plot device in movies and television
1:40.6	It's a home invasion where the perpetrator rapes and murders the woman or a woman is seen walking down a dark alley or parking garage
1:49.2	Already nervous when she is attacked by a masked man
1:53.3	It's not that these types of violent sexual assaults don't happen. It's that you're more likely to be assaulted by someone you know
2:01.2	someone you trust
2:03.0	The non-profit organization rain the largest
2:06.4	Anti-sexual assault organization in the United States estimates that 39% of rapes are committed by unequantance
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