E65: Cannibals of Color II – Zhang Yongming

For the second year in a row, on this special Thanksgiving episode of Fruitloops, Beth and Wendy discuss Cannibals of Color! The subject today is Zhang Yongming, a Chinese citizen who was convicted of killing 11 boys and men in Yunnan province, China.

We dive into the setting (11:00), the killers early life (17:37) and the timeline (18:55). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (25:57) followed by “Where are they now?” (31:21). We get into our Take Aways and what we think made the perp snap (32:00).

As usual we close out the show with some shout outs (41:00), crime news (39:50) and of course, some tips on how not to get murdered (36:40).

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Footnotes

Wikipedia contributors. (10/13/19). Zhang Yongming. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10/28/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhang_Yongming&oldid=920986162

Murderpedia. (n.d.). Zhang Yongming. Retrieved 10/28/19 from https://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y/yongming-zhang.htm

Global Post News Desk. (05/25/13). Suspected Chinese serial killer ‘sold human flesh as ostrich meat’. PRI. Retrieved 10/28/19 from https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-05-25/suspected-chinese-serial-killer-sold-human-flesh-ostrich-meat

Chang, Bernd. (05/27/12). China Launches Probe into Yunnan missing teenagers; several confirmed murdered. HugChina. Retrieved 11/19/19 from http://www.hugchina.com/china/stories/chinese-society/china-launches-probe-into-yunnan-missing-teenagers-several-confirmed-murdered-2012-05-24.html

Scally, Patrick. (05/08/12). Jinning county disappearances possibly linked to slave labor. Go Kunming. Retrieved 11/20/19 from https://www.gokunming.com/en/blog/item/2699/jinning-county-disappearances-possibly-linked-to-slave-labor

Scally, Patrick. (07/30/12). Yunnan serial killer gets death penalty. Go Kunming. Retrieved 11/20/19 from https://www.gokunming.com/en/blog/item/2758/yunnan-serial-killer-gets-death-penalty

Chang, Bernd. (07/29/12). Yunnan serial killer Zhang Yongming sentenced to death for killing 11 men in 4 years in same village. HugChina. Retrieved 11/20/19 from http://www.hugchina.com/china/pictures/chinese-society/yunnan-serial-killer-zhang-yongming-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-11-men-in-4-years-in-same-village-2012-07-29.html

Agence France-Presse. (05/28/12). Cannibal’s Arrest Makes News. Retrieved 11/20/19 from https://www.news.com.au/world/cannibals-arrest-makes-news/news-story/70587fea8841cbdb2dced5e393f1c376

Hunwick, Robert Foyle. (03/29/14). The Beast is Red. The World of Chinese. Retrieved 11/22/19 from https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2014/03/the-beast-is-red/

Books

Gang Yu. (07/02/99). The Mouth That Begs: Hunger, Cannibalism, and the Politics of Eating in Modern China. Duke University Press Books. https://www.amazon.com/Mouth-That-Begs-Post-Contemporary-Interventions/dp/0822323419

History

Wikipedia contributors. (11/07/19). Great Leap Forward. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11/19/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Leap_Forward&oldid=925061336

Wikipedia contributors. (11/05/19). Great Chinese Famine. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11/19/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Chinese_Famine&oldid=924752360

Szczepanski, Kallie. (09/03/19). The Great Leap Forward. Thought Co. Retrieved 11/20/19 from https://www.thoughtco.com/the-great-leap-forward-195154

Wikipedia contributors. (10/01/19). People’s commune. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11/22/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People%27s_commune&oldid=919073952

How Not to Get Murdered

Beadon, Leigh. (08/30/14). Awesome Stuff: Lock it Up. TechDirt. Retrieved 11/22/19 from https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140828/18232328357/awesome-stuff-lock-it-up.shtml

Addalock & BurglaBar
https://addalock.com/

Crime News

https://www.freerodneyreed.com/

Ellis, Nicquel Terry. (11/12/19). Atlanta college student Alexis Crawford was choked to death, dumped in park, police say. USA Today. Retrieved 11/22/19 from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/12/police-atlanta-college-student-alexis-crawford-strangled-dumped-park/2580625001/

Shout Outs

Native Pride Project
https://www.nativeprideproject.org/help

Detective Trapp https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-19/detective-julissa-trapp-podcast-series

Bruh Issa Murder Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bruh-issa-murder/id1440849259

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