EP194: The Lipstick Killer

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 869 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

THANK YOU TO APPLE SUBSCRIBER CAITLAN P AND HER SISTER NIKITA FOR SUGGESTING THIS CASE!

!In June 1946, 17-year-old William Heirens was arrested for burglary. During his lengthy interrogation which lasted six days, he confessed to some unsolved murders in the Chicago area, including one of a six-year-old girl. William eventually was convicted and died in prison. Listen to this week's story and decide for yourself If he was guilty of the crimes he was convicted of.

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SOURCES:
1) William Heirens Case: the 1940S Lipstick Killer by Shayne Regula
2) The Frightening Aspect of William Heirens' Story: a Vicious Killer Beneath the Façade of Normalcy by King Vecchia
3) Murderpedia
4) https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/heirens/bibli_8.html
5) https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/us/william-heirens-the-lipstick-killer-dies-at-83.html
6) https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-heirens-lipstick-killer
7) https://www.crimetraveller.org/2015/07/william-heirens-the-lipstick-killer/
8) https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3496&context=jclc

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:12.0	Hi everyone, I'm Tanya. And I'm Tlaia. advised.
0:12.8	Hi everyone, I'm Tanya.
0:14.3	And I'm T Leah.
0:15.4	And we are Crimes and Consequences, a true crime podcast. I'm Tanya.
0:36.1	Hi Telia.
0:37.0	Welcome back everybody to this week's episode of crimes and consequences.
0:41.7	This is an oldie but goodie. Oldie by goodie. Yes, you may have heard of them as the
0:47.4	lipstick killer? I have never heard of this one. Really? Yeah.
0:53.0	Seems like there's probably a few lipstick killings out there.
0:55.3	Probably.
0:56.3	Well, this is about William George Herons.
0:59.8	I'm gonna give you a little background, okay?
1:01.3	Okay, I'm ready.
1:02.4	Before I do, everybody knows hit the like
1:05.2	subscribe follow love need more button need more
1:11.6	whatever it is on your favorite app.
1:14.0	And with that, we're going to dive into this.
1:16.0	All right, let's do it.
1:17.0	See, I kind of like the older ones a little bit
1:19.0	because there's, I don't know what the word is,
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