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Sinisterhood

Episode 21: The Cleveland Strangler

Sinisterhood

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Neighbors thought the terrible smell was from the local sausage factory. Anthony Sowell tried to convince people it was from his elderly mother. But the real explanation was that Sowell, aka The Cleveland Strangler, had 11 decomposing bodies stashed around his house. This week's episode is The Cleveland Strangler. Support Sinisterhood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Beautiful Cleveland, Ohio, where you can find the rock and roll hall of fame,

0:04.0

the setting for the Jurkary show, and Anthony Sol's House of Horrors.

0:08.1

Eleven bodies, countless more victims, and a seemingly endless legal battle.

0:12.8

This week's episode is The Cleveland Strangler.

0:20.8

Up and in the lights, your heart fills the dread,

0:25.5

probably a murder of who wants you dead.

0:29.0

It could be a ghost, a demon or worse,

0:32.6

perhaps you're the victim of a witch's curse.

0:36.2

It's hopeless, you're doomed, you'd call a priest if you could.

0:39.8

You'd rather just listen to who sinister.

0:51.1

I'm gonna kill you.

0:52.9

I...

0:54.0

I'm not ashamed to say that I have a person come and clean my house once a week.

0:59.6

Your mother.

1:00.8

And she is related to me.

1:02.8

She's my mom.

1:04.0

It is Nancy McKinney.

1:04.8

I pay her a very generous wage,

1:08.0

but I will say I just work so much,

1:10.8

and when I'm not working, I'm like doing this.

1:12.8

She probably loves to do it because she's a mom,

1:14.8

and she wants to still feel like she's taking care of you.

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