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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

"The Granny Killer" John Wayne Glover Pt. 2

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Throughout 1989 and 1990, elderly women in Sydney were being preyed upon. But because investigators were wrongly looking for a young man, John Wayne Glover was free to kill without suspicion. Until one day, a simple mistake led police right to him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Due to the graphic nature of this episode, listener discretion is advised.

0:03.9

This episode contains discussion of assault, sexual assault, suicide and murder.

0:09.4

Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

0:19.5

It was just before 9 p.m. on June 3, 1967, when LC Boys was found.

0:26.1

The 68-year-old's body lay in a public bathroom at the corner of a park in the

0:30.9

summer of St. Kilda East. Whoever killed the mother of two, bashed and strangled her,

0:37.3

then left her to die in the creeping cold of the Melbourne winter.

0:43.4

LC's murder remains unsolved to this day, so why are we discussing it here 65 years later?

0:50.4

The answer to that question is the subject of today's episode,

0:54.0

John Wayne Glover. Before we finish his story, it's important to keep in mind that we might not have

1:00.0

all the pieces of a puzzle. Many people believe that LC Boys was Glover's first victim,

1:05.5

just months after he arrived in Australia, and the reasons are compelling.

1:09.5

Not only was LC beaten and then strangled, as became Glover's trademark,

1:13.6

the crime scene bore eerie similarities to others will discuss in this episode.

1:18.0

Whoever killed LC pulled her dress up around her waist before they left,

1:23.1

then they removed her red shoes and placed them neatly beside her body.

1:27.9

Those same hallmarks baffled investigators threw a Glover's final crime spree over 30 years later,

1:33.6

and in the decade since he was unmasked, people have asked,

1:37.2

was John Wayne Glover Australia's worst serial killer?

1:41.9

And if he was, just how many people did he actually kill?

1:53.1

Hi, I'm Greg Poulson. This is serial killers, a Spotify original from

2:03.1

podcast. Every episode, we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers.

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