This is a Scream Queen production.

I'm Jen Carpenter, and this is So Dead Podcast.

Hey there, Deadheads.

Today is the Tacoist Tuesday of all Taco Tuesdays.

It's Cinco de Mayo.

I know there's not a whole lot of celebrating going on these days,

but you guys can still order tacos,

chips and queso,

maybe some margs to go from your favorite local Mexican restaurant for

carryout. And you should. Support small business. Shop local. On today's episode, I am going to talk to

you guys about the tragic life and times of Shanna Goliur. Buckle up buttercups, because this one's a ride.

Shanna Kay, as her mother called her, was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on June 28, 1975,

the first and only daughter of a young unwed mother and an alcoholic abusive father.

By all accounts, both of Shanna Kay's parents doted on her and

treated her like a princess. But there was trouble in the home. In 1967, Shanna Kay's father had been

convicted of, taking indecent liberties with a child, and spent nearly three years behind bars.

Soon after his release, he met Shanna Kay's mother,

who was a divorcee with two young sons. The home they made together was so unsafe that the boys were removed from their custody and became words of the state. Shanna Kay actually never met

her older half-brothers, but she did have a younger brother,

who was about a year and a half younger than her. In early 1978, Shanna-K., who was two, and her

brother, who was around a year old, were removed from their parents' care due to violence in the home.

Their mother, who was 28 at the time and had already permanently lost custody of her two older children,

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