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Morning Cup of Murder

The Hill Side Stranglers - May 22 2020

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

May 22nd: Kenneth Bianchi Born (1951) It’s a wonderful thing when family sticks together. Well, usually. On May 22nd 1951 a truly terrible man was born. A man who, with the help of his cousin, took the lives of at least 12 young women. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Bianchi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the Silver Lake section of line.

0:05.0

We have a weird...

0:06.0

...by one investigator is reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

It's a wonderful thing when family sticks together.

0:13.0

Well, usually.

0:15.0

On May 22nd, 1951, a truly terrible man was born.

0:20.0

A man who, with the help of his cousin, took the lives of at least 12 young women.

0:25.6

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:35.6

Kenneth Bianchi was born on May 22, 1951 in Rochester, New York.

0:41.4

His mother, who was an alcoholic and sex worker, wanted better for her son and gave him up

0:46.8

for adoption when he was just 12 weeks old.

0:49.7

He was adopted that August by the Bianchi family.

0:53.2

Kenneth was an only child and his parents

0:55.5

doted on the young boy. But even at a young age, this boy was a problem. His mother would

1:02.1

describe him as a compulsive liar, a habit that began the minute he began speaking. After noticing

1:08.2

he had a habit of falling into a trance-like state that left him inattentive and with his eyes rolled into the back of his head,

1:14.6

five-year-old Kenneth was diagnosed with Petit Mall seizures.

1:18.6

This was the first in a long line of medical professionals Kenneth's parents would send him to.

1:23.6

His random outbursts of anger and behavioral problems sent him to a number

1:28.7

of psychiatrists who would later, when he was 10, diagnose him with passive-aggressive personality

1:34.8

disorder, which, coupled with his high IQ, became a dangerous combination. When his father died

1:41.9

in 1964, Kenneth's mother was left to raise the teenage boy on her own.

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