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A Killer on the Highway - April 17 2020 - Today in True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com April 17th: Paul John Knowles Born (1946) Sometimes, things don’t go according to plan and a killer never gets to stand trial for his or her crimes. On April 17th 1946 a man was born who would go on to, according to him, kill over 30 people. But a series of events during his transport left Paul John Knowles unable to ever answer for his crimes. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-racement-office of a weird...

0:06.0

...by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

A cop-of-murdered.

0:11.0

Sometimes things don't go according to plan, and a killer never gets to stand trial for his or her crimes.

0:17.0

On April 17, 1946, a man was born who would go on to, according to him, kill over 30

0:24.6

people. But a series of events during his transport left Paul John Knowles unable to ever

0:31.2

answer for his crimes. So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start

0:37.3

your day with a

0:38.1

morning cup of murder.

0:42.6

Paul John Knowles was born on April 17, 1946 in Orlando, Florida.

0:48.9

When Paul was convicted of his first petty crime, his father reacted by sending him to

0:53.3

foster homes and reformatories.

0:56.0

He was officially incarcerated for the first time when he was just 19 years old, and from there,

1:02.5

spent time in and out of prison. While serving time in a Florida prison, he began correspondence

1:08.7

with a divorcee in San Francisco named Angela Kovic.

1:12.8

At some point during their pen pal relationship, she came to visit her new beau.

1:17.6

When she arrived, he proposed and she accepted.

1:21.9

From there, Angela became a key part in getting Paul released from prison.

1:26.8

She paid for his legal counsel and became his

1:29.4

biggest champion. He was released and flew directly to California to start planning their wedding.

1:35.7

However, their love affair didn't last long outside of prison walls. Not long after he was let out,

1:42.1

Angela saw a psychic who warned her of a new dangerous man in her life.

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