323: Spree Killer Charles Starkweather w/ Harry MacLean

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Few American criminals have captured the imagination of Hollywood like Charles Starkweather, a red-haired James Dean wannabe who murdered eleven people in 1957 and 58. With him during most of his killing spree was his girlfriend (and possible accomplice) Caril Ann Fugate. Among the victims were Caril's own mother, step-father and little sister. My guest, Edgar award winner and bestselling author Harry N. MacLean, knew the Starkweather family as a boy in Lincoln, Nebraska. One of his main goals in writing his book, "Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America", was to examine more closely whether 14-year-old Caril was complicit in the murders, or instead coerced by Starkweather to participate. The author's website: https://www.harrymaclean.com/ This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Brighten the season and go to https://www.betterhelp.com/notorious to get 10% off of your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Twas a night in November at your pal's Christmas party, when an elf arrives,
0:07.8	oh, with a toffee night latte!
0:10.0	Hey everyone, who wants a Starbucks?
0:14.0	Ooy! Same one for me!
0:16.0	Get the group together for Starbucks festive favorites.
0:19.0	It's IRL season.
0:22.0	At a Starbucks near you.
0:25.0	Ahem.
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0:45.0	Now available at boots and at duerX.co. UK. And Oh, Welcome all to another episode of the most notorious podcast. I'm Eric Riveness.
1:21.1	It's so great to have Harry McLean as my guest today. He is an
1:26.4	Edgar Award winner and best-selling author whose work includes the True Crime
1:32.3	Classic In Broad Daylight, a murder in Skidmore, Missouri.
1:38.0	And he is here to talk about his latest book out on November 28th, Stark Weather, the untold story of the
1:45.6	killing spree that changed America. Thank you so much for your time today.
1:50.7	Well it's my pleasure to be with you.
1:54.0	So this was a personal journey for you, right?
1:58.1	Writing this book.
1:59.5	You knew members of the Stark Weather family growing up?
2:05.0	It is personal.
2:05.7	Well, Charlie was in Lincoln, Nebraska.
2:08.8	That's where he had been raised,
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