Episode 239 - The D.C. Snipers

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4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In the space of 3 weeks in October 2002, Washington D.C was terrorised by a pair of spree killers carrying out a spate of deadly sniper-style attacks. They killed 10 people and injured 3 others.

Their choice of victims was shockingly random; they crossed racial, gender, age and socioeconomic lines - ensuring that everyone was absolutely terrified. And when the pair were finally apprehended, authorities realised that they had been wrong about almost everything from motive to profile…

Check us out on this week’s episode of Let’s Not Meet Podcast too!

Sources:
Book: The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper - Albarus, Carmeta
https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2019/11/07/a-collective-timeline-of-the-dc-sniper-case-from-2002-to-2019/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-d-c-sniper-john-muhammad-convicted

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/10/beltway-snipers-200410

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trucker-im-no-hero/

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/beltway-snipers

https://www.today.com/news/d-c-sniper-lee-boyd-malvo-i-was-sexually-abused-1c6671345
https://www.wiki.ng/en/wiki/who-is-lee-boyd-malvo-wife-sable-noel-knapp-everything-to-know-about-her-648371

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Beltway-sniper-attacks
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/dc-area-sniper-fast-facts/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/malvo-defense-to-air-the-matrix/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9AB73R8MNA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/john-allen-muhammada-failed-businessman-andfrustrated-father/2012/09/28/fa5c7c9c-08e4-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_story.html

https://archive.ph/20140913002022/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/interview-dc-sniper-says-he-was-sexually-abused
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/11/26/witnesses-call-malvo-obedient/213e80ff-8cfb-497d-8a9e-259f4483d96c/?noredirect=on

https://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/19/sprj.dcsp.malvo.trial/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/01/12/a-boy-of-bright-promise-and-no-roots/aa08f90d-8528-423d-af0d-ed1b0fe2d944/?noredirect=on
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/09/the-pied-sniper.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-09-na-suspects9-story.html
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