Larry Gene Bell | The Murders of Shari Smith and Debra Helmick | Feat. Bobbie Holmes

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this off-season episode, I'm joined by Bobbie Holmes of Killer Stories, who tells me (and you) the story of American double murderer Larry Gene Bell.

Larry Gene Bell kidnapped 17-year-old Shari Smith on May 31, 1985, and murdered her shortly after. He then taunted Shari's family by making several phone calls and forcing Shari to write them a letter before she was killed.

A couple of weeks later, Larry kidnapped 9-year-old Debra Helmick and murdered her in a similar fashion. Once more, he taunted Shari's family after doing so.

After his arrest on June 27, 1985, Larry Gene Bell was given the death penalty. He chose the electric chair over lethal injection and was finally executed on October 4, 1996.

You can find and support 'Killer Stories' here:

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For all things British Murders, please visit my website:

https://www.britishmurders.com/

Intro music:

David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'

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Bobbie's References:

www.britishmurders.com/larrygenebell/

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0:50.9	Music listening to British murders. The True Crime Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the True Crime podcast, focusing exclusively on British murder cases and serial killers.
0:59.5	I'm your host, Stuart Blues, and I have Bobby Holmes with me again, a controversial figure in the British murders fandom.
1:08.0	I need to ask you.
1:09.9	Oh, gosh.
1:16.0	When I had that review that someone said Bobby Holmes needs to be dropped.
1:19.2	Just cut me out.
1:19.6	Yeah.
1:21.2	Love me or hate me, right?
1:21.9	Thoughts?
1:22.5	Yeah.
1:33.1	To be fair, Bobby comes in once every 12 or 13 weeks and does me an absolute solid by writing an episode and doing it for me so that I can have a week off. So I appreciate it. Thank you. I appreciate.
1:40.1	I mean, I know where they're coming from, though, because their reasoning was that I interrupt, and I do.
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