Bad Seeds: Leslie Arnold

Once Upon A Crime

Esther Ludlow

Truecrime, History, True Crime, Crime, Criminals, Criminology, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In Nebraska, in 1958, a high school junior holds animosity towards his mother and takes deadly revenge. He is caught and imprisoned and, years later, disappears for decades. Where is Leslie Arnold today? Resources "Whatever Happened to Leslie Arnold, the Boy who Murdered his Parents?" by John William Tuohy, www.mywriterssite.blogspot.com "The Mystery of Leslie Arnold" by Henry Cordes for The Omaha World-Herald, Sept 13, 2017. Music Credits: Original theme music by http://AaronGoldberg.Bandcamp.com Other music: Licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.5	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:07.3	It is not intended for children.
0:09.3	Listener discretion is advised.
0:18.3	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of What's Upon a Crime.
0:22.3	We're in the series Bad Scenes,
0:24.8	where I share cases of children killing their parents.
0:28.0	This time we're headed to Nebraska in the late 1950s.
0:32.0	We're a teen wholesome animosity for his mother
0:35.0	and exact deadly vengeance.
0:37.0	This is the third chapter in the series Bad Scenes,
0:41.0	the case of Leslie Arnold.
0:49.0	William Leslie Arnold was 16 years old in 1958.
0:53.0	He was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska.
0:56.0	His parents were William and Opal.
0:59.0	William Leslie went by his middle name, shortened to less,
1:02.0	so as not to be confused with his father.
1:05.0	William Arnold, age 42, headed up the regional office of a direct sales company
1:10.0	that sold household goods.
1:12.0	His 40-year-old wife, Opal, was a homemaker.
1:16.0	Opal Arnold had a reputation for being bossy and controlling.
1:20.0	Some said that her husband was henpecked,
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