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Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast

Barbourville: Bible Belt Strangler's Kentucky Strike

Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast

Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.5 β€’ 992 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Join Shane as he travels to Barbourville, Kentucky to trace the steps the Bible Belt Strangler made when he killed an innocent victim along 25E. With numerous female victims, this series of murders remains an unsolved murder mystery. Join host and investigative podcaster, Shane Waters, alongside Netflix The Keepers grassroots investigator Gemma Hoskins as they explore this forgotten serial killer case. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Check out Mood and use my code SHANE for a great deal: https://mood.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

And the Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Ben is using his passion project to find answers in another cold case, hundreds of miles away in Knox County.

0:58.0

The victim is known as the red-headed Jane Doe and her murder captivated the community nearly 33 years ago.

1:05.0

Today by way of a podcast, Connor McHugh joined Shane Waters in his pursuit for justice.

1:12.0

How old did you say you were?

1:14.0

Shane Waters is on a mission today.

1:16.0

Did you actually attend the funeral?

1:18.0

That brought him hundreds of miles away from his home in Indiana.

1:21.0

That kind of thing didn't happen in Barbara River.

1:23.0

No, it's a very rare occurrence.

1:24.6

It's a sleep in the little town.

1:26.2

Waters is a podcaster and his latest project focuses on six murder victims from the 1980s, including the woman varied right here.

1:34.7

Because the community still think about it?

1:36.5

Yeah, it's a common story that I guess anybody my age or above would remember.

1:41.9

She's known as the red-headed Jane Doe.

1:44.7

33 years ago, newspapers reported she was asphyxiated and left in a refrigerator in the

1:49.9

woods.

1:50.9

The story touched the people of Knox County so much they gave her a funeral. The people from that

1:52.5

of Knox County so much they gave her a funeral.

1:55.1

The people from that area at that time knew that she was a person.

1:59.2

And no matter what her background or history was that she deserved to be remembered.

2:05.6

For his next episode, Waters wanted to learn as much as he could from where it all happened.

2:10.8

I think if it was a local, they wouldn't have brought her here knowing that someone

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