Blueprint of a Killer | Inside the Mind of Samuel Little

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Body Bags, hosts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack dissect the haunting story of Samuel Little, one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. They explore the grim details of Little's crimes, the nationwide investigation that ensued, and the vital role of Little's memory recall in revealing his terrible deeds.

Time-codes:

00:00 - Introduction.

00:30 - Samuel Little.

03:20 - Little's life and methods of recalling his murders.

07:10 - Little's early life and criminal beginnings.

10:25 - Little’s evasion from law enforcement.

13:20 - The rudimentary crime-solving techniques used in the 1970s.

19:05 - The importance of evidence collection in forensic analysis.

22:35 - The procedure consistency of rape kits between 1977 and present day.

23:05 - Introduction of a 1977 case from Macon, Georgia involving an unidentified woman.

26:45 - The role of the preserved rape kit from 1977 in linking Samuel Little to the Macon case.

30:35 - The role of genealogy in solving cold cases.

33:30 - Ethical concerns around personal DNA data on genealogy websites.

34:00 - Potential of genetic genealogy to solve cold cases exemplified with Macon's Jane Doe case.

35:35 - Closure brought to Yvonne Pless's family after her identification.

36:10 - Outro.

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0:00.0	Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan.
0:20.2	So many people nowadays give young folks the advice, follow your passion.
0:26.0	I don't necessarily believe that advice.
0:28.6	I think you should choose something that you can make a living at and then in your
0:33.6	off time you follow your passion.
0:36.2	But today we're going to take a look at a guy that did, in fact, follow a passion that
0:43.2	he has.
0:44.2	Matter of fact he followed it all over the United States and it led him down some very, very
0:49.9	dark path.
0:50.9	As a matter of fact it led him down a path that wound up terminating at a location where
0:57.5	he was infamously crowned as perhaps the most prolific serial killer in the United States
1:07.2	has ever known.
1:08.2	Today we're going to talk a little bit about Samuel Little, serial killer who is now since
1:16.2	past on but more importantly we're going to talk about one of his victims, a victim that
1:22.0	has remained unidentified since 1977.
1:28.8	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan and this is Body Bags.
1:36.4	Dave Mack is with me.
1:37.6	He's a senior crown reporter for Chrono Line.
1:41.2	Dave, I'm going to throw a trick question at you here.
1:44.4	It's not really a trick question.
1:46.0	It's something you got to kind of dig back through your files.
1:49.2	I want to see if you can off the top of your head, give me an idea as to how many states
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