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Who Killed...?

Brown's Chicken Massacre: The Conclusion

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to Who Killed…? a Slo Burn Media Podcast. This week we will be wrapping up the tragic story of the Brown’s Chicken Massacre.As we discussed in the previous episodes, 7 people were found murdered on January 8th 19-93. The victims included Richard and Lynn Ehlenfeldt, and employees Michael Castro, 16, Guadalupe Maldonado, 46, Thomas Mennes, 32, Marcus Nellsen, 31, and Rico Solis, 17. Sources: https://www.newspapers.com/image/241404765/?terms=palatine%2Bmassacrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h3tJ2FD-nghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatine,_Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%27s_Chicken_massacrehttp://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=291188http://www.mcgonigal.org/Data/general/BrownsChicken.pdfhttps://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180106/how-1993-browns-chicken-murders-changed-frank-portillos-life-business-foreverhttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-08-05/news/0908030339_1_massacre-haunt-juan-lunahttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-browns-chicken-massacre-james-degorski-met-20160907-story.htmlhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-browns-chicken-killings-anniversary-story.htmlhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-020517browns-gallery-photogallery.htmlhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/50344552/chicago-tribune/https://www.newspapers.com/image/241404765/?terms=palatine%2Bmassacre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I like burgers, fries and cheeks, but brown's chicken tastes better.

0:05.0

I like mamma's salmon cakes, but brown's chicken taste better.

0:09.0

We like tacos, chili and dips.

0:12.0

Egg roll, pasta, fish, and chips.

0:14.0

Peat do with onions and licorice with brown chicken taste better.

0:18.0

Brown's chicken does taste better.

0:20.0

It's cooked by our time-proven recipe with no heavy spices.

0:23.7

Pickles and rice are very nice, but Brown's chicken taste better.

0:30.2

Slow Burn Media and Bill Huffman present, Who Killed?

0:34.2

A podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.

0:37.9

The last body was removed from Brown's restaurant at 7 o'clock tonight.

0:41.9

19 hours after, all seven corpses were discovered in a rear kitchen area.

0:46.7

You see it on TV so much, you know, but when you see it here, it just kind of hits home.

0:52.3

And then, you know, it isn't fake. Those bullets aren't fake. It isn't pretend. And it's, it just kind of hits home, and then you know it isn't fake.

0:54.3

Those bullets aren't fake.

0:55.5

It isn't pretend.

0:57.0

And it's, it's frightening.

0:58.2

Did you see stuff like this on TV and it's fun and the kids love it?

1:00.9

It isn't fun.

1:02.0

Earlier today, the restaurant turned slaughterhouse was surrounded by camera crews and hundreds of residents of nearby subdivisions.

1:09.2

The Gawkers stalled traffic at Northwest Highway and Smith Road,

1:13.6

and some friends of the victims came to the scene to express their brief and shop.

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