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That's P-O-D-B-E-A-N- dot-com slash brands. I'm going to do. Welcome to Grusum. This is episode 15. I am Meg and my co-host, Law and Order plot hole spotter Connie was going to tell us all about

Charles Starkweather and Carol Ann Fugate.

You know, I like that. I am a I do like my law in order

Okay guys this is the story of a tale of toxic love that we hear all too often in this podcast. Boy meets girl, boy falls for

girl, boy kills for girl, girl and boy go on cross state killing spree. This is the story of Charles Stark

Weather and Carol and Fugate.

It's pretty, this is a pretty gnarly one guys.

We're gonna start with Charles first because he allegedly had the biggest influence on

how the situations transpired.

Charles Starkweather was born on November 24, 1938

in Lincoln, Nebraska.

He was the third of seven children.

He grew up in a working class family

and his parents, Guy and Helen Starkweather were considered respectable people with very well behaved children.

Starkweather sounds like a very respectable name. Like when I hear it, yes, that's very, that person is fancy even if I'll be honest while I was

researching some of these names that would pop up I'm like wait a second that's fake and I would have to like go search for the name so I'm like there is no way that someone has that name but they did.

Charles father Guy Starkweather was a carpenter and was described as a mild-mannered man. Guy was often

unemployed because he suffered from rheumatoid arthritis in his hands and

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