FRUITLOOPS SHORT: Wanda Jean Allen

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Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Fruitloops Short is the no frills version of our weekly episode. This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Wanda Jean Allen, a black woman, who was sentenced to death and executed for the murder of two women. 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! 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 Patreon patreon.com/user?u=11415202 Footnotes: https://fruitloopspod.com/2024/07/08/fruitloops-short-wanda-jean-allen/ 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 “Charangos” By LATASHÁ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB32w_fAJftImQkRUZ8Ju-Q Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License “Bleeping Demo” by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3791-furious-freak License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “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. So now let's get into the early life of Wanda Jean Allen. So Wanda Jean Allen was born in 1959. She was the second of eight children.
0:43.0	Her mother Mary was a woman who had a problem with substances, particularly alcohol,
0:50.0	and she drank during her pregnancies.
0:52.0	And Wanda Jean Allen's father abandoned the family
0:54.6	soon after the last child was born,
0:57.6	leaving Mary to raise the children all alone.
1:00.5	The family lived in a housing project in Oklahoma City and got by on public assistance.
1:07.0	Because Wanda Jean was the oldest daughter, much of the responsibility for taking care of her siblings fell to her.
1:13.4	Wanda Jane did her best to keep the family fed,
1:16.5	although she worked a number of odd jobs as a young teenager.
1:20.0	It wasn't enough and she often resorted to stealing food and stealing money to survive.
1:26.5	As a result, she did have to spend some time in juvenile detention.
1:29.6	At the age of 12, Wanda Jean was hit by a truck and knocked unconscious and then at the age of 14
1:35.7	she was stabbed in the left temple so when I was reading about this I was like
1:40.4	left temple left what I was thinking forehead but it's not it's like that soft spot.
1:45.0	Oh yeah you know you get in a fight with somebody and you know pressure points that's
1:50.9	a spot you can push to disable somebody to get them to get you leave you alone.
1:58.0	And I mean, to imagine something piercing, I mean that's a soft part of your skull.
2:03.3	Yeah, you could get to the brain.
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