FRUITLOOPS SHORT: Walter E. Ellis

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Fruitloops Short is the no frills version of our weekly episode. In this episode, Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Walter E. Ellis, AKA "The Milwaukee North Side Strangler" or “The Northside Strangler”, a black man and serial killer responsible for the deaths of at least seven women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 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 This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/FRUIT and get on your way to being your best self! Footnotes: https://fruitloopspod.com/2024/03/28/e226-serial-killer-walter-e-ellis-aka-the-northside-strangler/ Music “Hit Me On My Way” by Text Me Records & Jorge Hernandez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzoNlp2-Ek Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License “Dance of Death” by Purple Planet Music http://www.purple-planet.com https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Gotta Get it” by Arulo Mixkit Stock Music Free License https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/trap/ “Torey” by Arulo Mixkit Stock Music Free License https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/trap/ 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.
0:05.5	In this podcast we discuss sexual assault, torture, race, and murder.
0:09.3	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.2	Please take care of yourself. Let's get into the early life of Walter E. Ellis.
0:37.5	Hit it, Beth.
0:38.5	Walter E. Ellis was born on June 24, 1960 in, County, Mississippi as one of six children to Leroy and Maddie Ellis.
0:47.8	His nickname as a child was Woodell, and I think that was like a contraction of Walter and Ellis.
0:54.4	It totally makes sense.
0:56.2	It totally makes sense.
0:57.7	Yeah.
0:58.7	It's kind of cute. I knew a Wadell once.
1:00.7	Oh, did you?
1:01.7	But I never like inquired, because it's the name I never heard before. Yeah. Right, right. Yeah, now this is the second time.
1:08.1	Oh, there you go. There you go. In the mid 1960s, the family left Mississippi and resettled in the north side of Milwaukee.
1:17.0	They joined millions of black Americans who left the south for economic opportunity and safety in places like Milwaukee and Chicago.
1:25.0	Beginning in early childhood, Walter showed signs of antisocial behavior,
1:30.0	acting impulsively and aggressively towards his peers, frequently assaulting classmates and
1:36.2	neighboring children, and he had a reputation as a bully and was frequently disciplined.
1:41.5	And I just have a teeny tiny culture corner with Wendy and Beth.
1:46.0	Now while we don't know very much about Walter's childhood given the time frame of his early years and considering, you know, America at the time.
1:54.1	Yeah. One can imagine that life for his parents was not easy given segregation,
2:00.3	racial violence, and the struggle to survive in Jim Crow America.
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