The Dark Descent of Joanna Dennehy
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Ready to dive into one of the wildest cases out of Britain? Meet Joanna Dennehy, a name that'll make you question whether psychopaths are born or made. Born in 1983 in St Albans, England, Joanna had a pretty normal start with loving parents and good grades. But by 16, she ran off with her older boyfriend, leaving her old life behind.
Fast-forward a few years, Joanna's life took a dark turn. From substance abuse to self-harm, she spiraled out of control, eventually landing in Peterborough where things got even more twisted. Diagnosed as a psychopath, Joanna's violent streak started with the murder of Lukasz Slaboszewski and quickly escalated to her housemate John Chapman and landlord Kevin Lee.
But Joanna didn't stop there. With the help of some seriously misguided friends, she aimed to kill nine men before getting caught. Her spree included two men out walking their dogs, whom she left bleeding on the street.
Caught laughing and flirting at her arrest, Joanna pled guilty and was sentenced to life, joining the ranks of Britain's most notorious criminals. Tune in as we unravel the chilling tale of Joanna Dennehy and her deadly path.
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| 0:00.0 | The Every once in a while a person comes along that |
| 0:23.6 | Every once in a while a person comes along that has us asking whether psychopaths are made |
| 0:42.2 | or if they are simply born that way. To add to that debate is Joanna Denehy. |
| 0:49.4 | Joanna was born in 1983 in St. Albans, England, to loving and kind parents. Her mother was |
| 0:56.2 | a shop assistant, and her father worked in security, and together they provided a happy |
| 1:00.8 | and stable home for Joanna to grow up in. She was very sensitive, her mother later said. If |
| 1:06.4 | she stood on a worm or something, she would be really upset if it died. She used to take them to bed with her. |
| 1:12.7 | She was a loving girl. |
| 1:14.8 | Joanna got good grades at school and loved playing netball and hockey. |
| 1:19.3 | But so much of that charmed and gentle life that had been all that Joanna had known |
| 1:23.8 | had also changed by the time she turned 16. |
| 1:30.8 | By then, she had a 21-year-old boyfriend named John Traynor, and the two of them ran off together, leaving Joanna's parents and Joanna's old |
| 1:36.4 | life behind. Joanna was a teenager, and she enjoyed having an older boyfriend that she could live |
| 1:42.6 | with unsupervised. She could do whatever she wanted to do, and didn't have to answer to anyone. |
| 1:49.0 | But only a year later, Joanna would learn that some actions do have consequences. |
| 1:55.0 | At the age of 17, Joanna found out that she was pregnant. |
| 2:00.0 | Far from defending herself and her behavior after hearing the news, however, the pregnancy only seemed to tick Joanna off. She didn't want children, and even though she decided to keep the baby, it didn't look like that opinion was going to change anytime soon. She came out of the hospital and the first thought in her mind is to get stoned. Her boyfriend was going to change anytime soon. Quote, she came out of the hospital and the first thought in her mind is to get stoned. |
| 2:21.3 | Her boyfriend at the time, John Traynor later said, |
| 2:24.3 | but Joanna actually ended up doing so much more than just getting high. |
| 2:28.8 | Joanna began abusing both drugs and alcohol, |
| 2:32.1 | and she started self-harming. |
| 2:36.0 | About six more years of this went by, and Joanna became pregnant again. This time, John saw the writing on the wall, and he walked |
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