E25: The Dayton Christmas Killings

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

In this special holiday episode, we get into "The Dayton Christmas Killings" which took place in Dayton, Ohio, from Dec. 24-26, 1992. 6 people were killed and three were injured in one of the bloodiest killing sprees in Dayton’s history. STATS Victims: Joseph Wilkerson, 34, acquaintance of Taylor Danita Gullette, 18, mother using a payphone Richmond Maddox, 19, Taylor’s ex-boyfriend Sarah Abraham, 38, convenience store clerk Marvin Washington, 18, an acquaintance Wendy Cottrill, 16, an acquaintance Four people were convicted of the killings: Marvallous Keene, 19, who was later executed Heather Nicole Matthews, 20 DeMarcus Maurice Smith, 19, Matthews’ boyfriend Laura Taylor, 16, Keene’s girlfriend The killers were 2 black men, 1 very bold black girl, and a young white girl. We get into the setting, the history of Dayton, the backgrounds of The Downtown Posse members and their victims. Before we share our tips on how not to get murdered, we give shout outs and get into some true crime news. We are going to take a short break for the holidays, but will be back in the New Year! 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! 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 our Podbean Patron page https://patron.podbean.com/fruitloopspod Shout Outs Podcast While Black. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/while-black-a-podcast-on-black-excellence/id1410001074 Stay Tuned with Preet, his December 6th episode. He did a live show with Pakistani American Comedian Kumail Nanjiani, who wrote and stars in "The Big Sick," and is also in the TV show "Silicon Valley". https://www.npr.org/podcasts/551791730/stay-tuned-with-preet Footnotes https://www.whio.com/news/crime--law/the-christmas-killings-dayton-worst-crime-spree/mPanSaRgCoVCaPsNlA1jnK/ https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/the-notorious-christmas-killings-1992-map-and-timeline/WlhrYt0YPbL8hQ08D7Z3hJ/ https://www.dayton.com/news/local/merry-christmas-shocking-things-detailed-book-dayton-christmas-killings/v5UrSMcQ0yg4NWrGM9HUSK/ 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.
0:06.8	In this podcast we discuss sexual assault, torture, race, and murder.
0:11.2	Listener discretion is advised. I'm going to be. Oh, oh, I'm going to be.
0:43.0	Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Hello everybody thank you so much for listening. Welcome to Fruit Loop Season 2
1:07.9	episode 9. If you are listening to our banger intro and twirking to it, I hope you enjoyed yourself.
1:19.6	We thank you so much for listening to our show.
1:21.6	I love our theme song, so I just wanted to shout it out.
1:25.0	But by the way, Fruit Loops is a podcast about true crimes
1:28.2	committed by people of color and their victims
1:31.2	that we don't hear or know much about. Contrary to popular belief,
1:35.0	not all serial killers are white. No way, get out of here! Are you serious?
1:41.2	There are many well documented cases of serial killers of color and fruit loops is a
1:46.0	podcast all about them. We will take deep dives into the fascinating lives and
1:50.6	crimes of serial killers and true crimes committed by people of color and their victims that we don't hear.
1:56.0	Oh whoops sorry.
1:58.0	My soundboard.
2:00.0	Whoops that we don't hear hear and know much about because the media and entertainment they leave all
2:09.2	those details out because the news is racist allegedly.
2:13.6	And we are Wendy and Beth.
2:15.0	She's Wendy.
2:15.7	I'm Beth.
2:16.7	We're not journalists, investigators, or psychologists.
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