Dr. Deadly Charm: Serial Killer Dentist Glennon Engleman
LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
When a loving businesswoman and grandmother is murdered in a horrific car bomb incident in 1980, the finger is finally pointed in the direction of a serial killing dentist who was motivated by lust, money and the thrill of the kill.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Jessie, last week was the lifestyles of the rich and famous. |
| 0:03.8 | So what's the story this time around? |
| 0:05.4 | When a loving businesswoman and grandmother is murdered in a horrific car bomb incident in 1980, |
| 0:09.9 | the finger is finally pointed in the direction of a serial killing dentist |
| 0:13.4 | who was motivated by lust, money, and the thrill of the kill. |
| 0:17.9 | I'm Andy Cassette, and I'm'm Jesse Prey and everyone to Love slash murder, a podcast about pillow talks, body chocks, and love gone fatally wrong. |
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| 1:30.1 | Tonalissa W. and Aaron S. So hi everyone. And thank you for being here. Hi. Hello. |
| 1:37.7 | This story today is absolutely bonkers bananas. Oh my God. I can't wait. I'm just going to get into it because |
| 1:46.3 | there's really no preamble that can prepare y'all for this story. Okay, let's do this. |
| 1:52.1 | Sophie Barrera was one tough cookie. She had lived through war, economic depression, divorce, |
| 1:57.9 | and building a business in a male-dominated field. |
| 2:06.3 | In 1980, she had hoped that the hardship was behind her, and she sought to enjoy the business she ran with her son, the St. Louis Dental Laboratory, and also spend out some of her later |
| 2:12.1 | years enjoying her family and most of all being a grandmother. |
| 2:16.2 | Yeah, duh. |
| 2:16.8 | So if you guys aren't familiar, |
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