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Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

E203: SERIAL KILLER - Barnes

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4953 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Today we are talking about the convicted murderer of two men, James “Jimmy” Shepherd and Perry “PJ” Jennings. The killer is a black trans man with the last name Barnes, and the murders took place in Louisiana in the early 2000’s, before Barnes came out as trans. This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams. Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time... look alive guys, it's crazy out there! Sponsors Magic Mind Go to https://www.magicmind.com/fruitloops And get up to 56% off your subscription for the next 10 days with our code: FRUITLOOPS20 Shout Outs American Problems, Trans solutions (TV series) https://www.pbs.org/wnet/chasing-the-dream/series/american-problems-trans-solutions/ Mardi Pantz on IG https://www.instagram.com/mardipantz/ Alok on IG https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/?hl=en Diss and Tell (podcast) https://wondery.com/shows/diss-and-tell/ I Saw What You Did (podcast) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-saw-what-you-did/id1536199648 Lupin (TV show) https://www.netflix.com/title/80994082 Where to find us: Our Facebook page is Fruitloopspod and our discussion group is Fruitloopspod Discussion on Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/fruitloopspod/ We are also on Twitter and Instagram @fruitloopspod Please send any questions or comments to [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 602-935-6294. We just might read your email or play your voicemail on the show! Want to Support the show? You can support the show by rating and reviewing Fruitloops on iTunes, or anywhere else that you get your podcasts from. We would love it if you gave us 5 stars! You can make a donation on the Cash App https://cash.me/$fruitloopspod Or become a monthly Patron through Patreon patreon.com/user?u=11415202 Footnotes: https://fruitloopspod.com/2023/10/19/e203-serial-killer-barnes/ How Not to Get Murdered https://transequality.org/issues/resources/supporting-the-transgender-people-in-your-life-a-guide-to-being-a-good-ally Music “Abyss” by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ●https://instagram.com/icemanbass/●https://soundcloud.com/therealfrozenguy● Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License “Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3791-furious-freak License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Lil Sky Beats” by Arulo Mixkit Stock Music Free License https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/trap/ “Death Row” & “OUTCAST” by Yung Kartz https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Connect with us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQHgsKYPbzsI4AEiMrUgabA Twitter @FruitLoopsPod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fruitloopspod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Fruitloopspod and https://www.facebook.com/groups/fruitloopspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This podcast contains adult themes and language and some of the things that we discuss may be disturbing to some listeners.

0:05.6

In this podcast we discuss sexual assault, torture, race, and murder.

0:09.4

Listener discretion is advised.

0:11.3

Please take care of yourself. Oh, Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to Fruit Loops episode 203. Thank you so much for listening.

1:07.0

Fruit Loops is a podcast about true crimes committed by people of color and those who are

1:12.0

othered as well as the victims associated

1:14.2

with those crimes because contrary to popular belief not all serial killers are

1:18.5

straight cis gender white dudes what no no let me tell you, you're in for a treat.

1:24.0

These crimes rarely get any public attention because the news is racist, allegedly.

1:30.0

And we are Wendy and Beth. She's Wendy, black Latin X woman and I'm Beth and I just happen to be white

1:37.3

She's one of the good ones and hasn't disappointed me yet

1:41.1

We're not journalists, investigators, or psychologists.

1:44.9

Just a couple of gals interested in true crime.

1:47.7

Also, the opinions expressed in this podcast are just that, our opinions.

1:51.1

All right, so who are we talking about today, Beth?

1:53.6

Today we're talking about the convicted murderer of two men, James Jimmy Shepard and Perry

1:59.0

PJ Jennings.

2:00.7

The killer is a black trans man with the last name of Barnes and the murders took place in Louisiana in the early 2000s before Barnes came out as trans.

2:11.0

Right. So before we get into it, how you doing?

2:14.6

Good.

2:15.4

So we're back from CrimeCon, which was a blast.

2:18.4

It was.

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