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Murder Dictionary

Railroad Killers: Sid Ahmed Rezala

Murder Dictionary

Brianna Miera

Comedy, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.4645 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

This episode we discuss how Sid Ahmed Rezala committed several violent offenses as a teen with little consequence before escalating to murder. Police missed several opportunities to catch him, which left Sid free to keep inflicting violence on trains.

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SID AHMED REZALA LINKS:
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/oct/29/features11.g21

https://www.liberation.fr/societe/2000/05/20/rezala-avoue-tout-devant-un-journaliste-de-sa-prison-il-raconte-avec-force-details-les-meurtres-des-_326140

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259027974/?terms=sid%20ahmed%20rezala&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259533042/?terms=sid%20ahmed%20rezala&match=1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/811011.stm

https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20000112&article=20000112-572584&type=ar

https://www.liberation.fr/societe/1999/12/20/les-vies-multiples-d-ahmed-sid-rezala-jeune-pere-delinquant-charmeur-et-serial-killer-presume-portra_293148/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/258718903/?terms=sid%20ahmed%20rezala&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259731566/?terms=sid%20ahmed%20rezala&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259145664/?terms=sid%20ahmed%20rezala%201999&match=3

https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rezala-sid-ahmed.htm

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/arrogant-claims-of-a-man-who-preens-himself-on-his-murders-5371005.html

https://serialmonster.skyrock.com/tags/2RMTOwDrPta-Sid-Ahmed-Rezala.html

https://serialmonster.skyrock.com/tags/2RMTOwDrPta-Sid-Ahmed-Rezala.html

WELLNESS RESOURCE LINKS:
https://www.childhelp.org/hotline/
https://victimsofcrime.org/help-for-crime-victims/get-help-bulletins-for-crime-victims/bulletins-for-teens/bullying-and-harassment
http://stompoutbullying.org/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org
http://www.thehotline.org/?gclid=CjwKEAjwwcjGBRDj-P7TwcinyBkSJADymblT8HNh4scSA-G7d-xEADhi0xODIRWy3zXSWWrGXg2B5hoCdD7w_wcB
http://www.ncadv.org/
http://www.crisistextline.org/textline/?gclid=CjwKEAjw9MrIBRCr2LPek5-h8U0SJAD3jfhtHplx6Ibc8Ov7oG79YLibo1TubSfQrumNc-WnXJixDxoCKafw_wcB
https://www.mentalhelp.net/meeting-finder/ca/woodland-hills/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Murder Dictionary Podcast. My name is Brianna and that is Courtney.

0:08.4

Hello.

0:09.8

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0:17.7

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0:23.6

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0:29.4

then you can check those out. We also have links to resources for things like domestic violence,

0:36.7

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0:40.5

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1:38.3

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2:00.0

So I think that's pretty much it for announcements and show notes and stuff like that.

2:05.7

We can get into our next case for Letter R Railroad Killers.

2:13.1

And we are talking today about the French train killer, aka the killer of the trains,

2:21.3

aka Sid Ahmed Rizala.

2:25.3

Yeah.

2:26.2

And it's funny because they called him the killer of the trains, which implies trains break down,

2:31.7

right?

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