Ep. 190: William Heirens, Pt. 1

1945 was a busy year for Chicago police; a year before Richard Speck would murder eight nurses in the middle of the night (see Episode 188), three other horrific murders would take place. This week, Hannah tells Katy Part One, of the story of William Heirens: a teenager with an unfortunate case of kleptomania, who was somehow involved in the increasingly grizzly murders of two women and one child throughout the summer and into the winter of 1945-46. The girls talk butterflies, college, douchebags (both literal and figurative), and why math is important when ladders are involved. This may not beat your post-Thanksgiving blues, but it will leave you scratching your head, and coming back for Part Two!

So fix a plate of leftovers, pour a glass of something (you'll need it), and join us for this Two Parter!

Content Warning: child murder, graphic content

Sources:
https://archive.org/details/williamheirenshi0000kenn/page/38/mode/2up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heirens
https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-heirens-lipstick-killer
https://web.archive.org/web/20081014111233/http://home.earthlink.net/~chicago1946/p6.html