S18 Ep25: The Gorilla Man Strangler w/ Alvin Esau
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🗓️ 28 February 2023
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Summary
The hitchhiker seemed harmless. He was dressed in a blue suit and a colorful sweater, accessorized with a grey cap and tan shoes. He carried nothing. It was the morning of June 8, 1927, when the Chandler family picked up the well-dressed man in Minnesota and dropped him at the Canadian border. They had unwittingly transported notorious serial killer, “The Gorilla Man,” who had strangled more than twenty women from one end of the United States to the other. He would later murder Emily Patterson and 14-year-old Lola Cowan in Winnipeg. His identity was unknown.
Written by Alvin A. J. Esau, The Gorilla Man Strangler Case: Serial Killer Earle Nelson is a detailed historical account of the Canadian manhunt, capture, and identification of Earle Leonard Nelson, an escapee from a California mental institution. Drawing on archival sources, it’s the first reliable biography of Nelson, who was hung in Manitoba on January 13, 1928. Alvin joins us today to talk about the case and motivations of Earle Nelson.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode of True Crime Tuesday is brought to you by Blutew. |
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| 0:30.0 | Welcome in to the best in True Crime podcasting. |
| 0:45.9 | This is True Crime Tuesday. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm Tim Dennis. |
| 0:48.0 | We're looking forward to today's show folks. |
| 0:49.6 | We have a really exciting show. |
| 0:52.6 | There's a book that I spent some time with this past week as I was off after heart surgery. |
| 0:58.4 | It's called The Gorilla Man Strangler Case. |
| 1:00.9 | This one was forwarded to me by our good friend Alan Warren over at House of Mr. Radio. |
| 1:07.1 | And it's an involved case and it goes back to the 1910s and 1920s. |
| 1:13.4 | And it's involved in that it has to do with Earl Leonard Nelson, nicknamed The Gorilla |
| 1:21.0 | Man. |
| 1:22.4 | And it's a serial killer who little known to Canadian authorities started off in the United |
| 1:28.4 | States, went up into Canada into the Winnipeg area. |
| 1:33.0 | And we start in the Winnipeg area and we make our way forward. |
| 1:37.5 | But then we work our way back. |
| 1:39.4 | And he's got some interesting characteristics. |
| 1:42.3 | And we'll talk with this with our guest who's the author of this book, Alvin Esau. |
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