Yeah, I'm going to freak out. I'm going to glitch. I'm going to lose it. Oh, what are the kids that? I'm going to crash out. Okay.

All right, you guys, welcome back to Killer Queens. I'm Torella, and I've got another true crime case for you today. This one is the case of Kitty Genevies, which also happens to be the implementation of 911. We are going to talk a lot about the bystander effect. There's a lot that goes into this case. All of it, absolutely horrific. So let's get into it. I do want to give a hey girl thanks to Molly Lucas, Marsha Glorioso, Molly Elizabeth, Heather from Nashville. Hey, and does Hunt for requesting this case. And Hey, Girl, thanks to Beth for writing

this one up for us. All right. So let's do a little overview here. On March 13th,

1964, 28-year-old Kitty Genevese was heading home from work in the early morning hours. After parking her car, she was

making the short walk to her apartment when she heard footsteps behind her. When she started to run

away, the man followed her and he attacked. After someone saw them and yelled out, the attacker,

thank goodness, left. Except he came back and he attacked her for a second time.

Though there were several witnesses who heard something, only two had made a call to the police.

The amount of witnesses in this case were exaggerated facts were inaccurately reported, but Kitty's death has resulted

in several studies, laws, and the unified 911 system. So there was a lot of inaccuracies

leading up to these things, but it's like some positive did still come from it.

Let's talk about Kitty's background.

Catherine, Susan, who went by Kitty, Genevies, was born on July 7, 1935 to Vincent and

Rachel Genevies in Brooklyn, New York.

Vincent ran Bay Ridge coat and apron supply company, and then Rachel was a stay-at-home mother

or homemaker to Kitty and her four younger siblings.

The family lived in a four-family row house in an Irish and Italian working class neighborhood

in Brooklyn.

Kitty was always full of energy.

She had a zest for life. She was popular in school,

and her favorite subjects were English and music. During her senior year, she was elected the

class cut up at Prospect Heights, which was an all-girls school, and she graduated in 1953.

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