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Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast

Southern States: The Redhead Murders Press Conference

Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast

Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins

History, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.5 β€’ 992 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Shane travels again to Elizabethton, Tennessee, to join the high school sociology class at a press conference to tell the world about the Redhead Murders and the Bible Belt Strangler. With numerous female victims, this series of murders remains an unsolved murder mystery. Join host and investigative podcaster, Shane Waters, alongside Netflix Docu-Series The Keepers grassroots investigator Gemma Hoskins as they explore this forgotten serial killer case. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Check out Mood and use my code SHANE for a great deal: https://mood.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

And the Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is my privilege and honor to welcome you to our

0:55.8

press conference. My name is William Bowers and I'm a part of Mr. Campbell's sociology class.

1:01.0

Many of you are today are asking the same question. Why are we here? Why are we doing this? Why do we even care about this? It starts 37 years ago when a man murdered an unknown woman and

1:16.2

later her body decided in this thing. Four years later five more women shed the same

1:22.2

fate.

1:24.0

Those women would be found along the interstate and highways

1:27.0

across multiple states.

1:29.0

At the time of their death,

1:31.0

the women were found with reddish hair.

1:34.4

Law enforcement at the time couldn't solve the murders due to the women never being identified

1:40.2

and their transientitive lifestyles.

1:46.0

The cases became cold for over 35 years till few people asked why hasn't the murderer and the women had been identified.

1:53.6

On a cold winter day in January, my teacher, Mr. Kamo asked me and my fellow classmates

1:59.3

this simple question.

2:01.2

How can one person be found in over 250 million people?

2:07.0

We looked each other at what puzzled faces.

2:10.0

And then we started to make categories like rice, hair color, occupation, etc.

2:17.0

By the end of class, we had 20 different categories that can at least narrow the list of people enough to find that one person.

2:27.0

After that, we spent months learning about the Redhead and merch.

2:31.0

We learned what a serial killer is. We looked into the lives

2:36.4

for some of the most infamous serial killers like Ted Bundy and Richard Chats. With the information providing and what we have learned,

2:45.0

we were able to grade an MO, a signature,

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