E80: Antoinette Frank

This week in episode 80 Beth and Wendy Discuss the case of Antoinette Frank, a police officer in New Orleans, who killed three people during a robbery, including another police officer. So more of a mass murderer than a serial killer, BUT…. she might actually BE a serial killer. We’ll get into it. The story begins a (6:33).

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Articles/Websites

Wikipedia contributors. (02/29/2020). Antoinette Frank. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 05/13/2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antoinette_Frank&oldid=943280568

Associated Press. (11/09/1995). Human Bones Found Under House of a Killer. New York Times. Retrieved 05/14/2020 from https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/09/us/human-bones-found-under-house-of-a-killer.html

Murderpedia. (n.d.). Antoinette Frank. Retrieved 05/14/2020 from http://murderpedia.org/female.F/images/frank-antoinette/state-v-frank.pdf

The Deadly Women Wikia. (n.d.). Antoinette Frank. Retrieved 05/15/2020 from https://the-deadly-women.fandom.com/wiki/Antoinette_Frank

True Crime XL. (08/08/2012). Killer Behind a Badge. Retrieved 05/15/2020 from http://truecrimecases.blogspot.com/2012/08/killer-behind-badge.html

Montaldo, Charles. (03/11/19). Crimes of Killer Cop Antoinette Frank. ThoughtCo. Retrieved 05/15/2020 from https://www.thoughtco.com/crimes-of-killer-cop-antoinette-frank-973492

Crockett, Jennifer. (12/13/2019). Rogers LaCaze, Antoinette Frank’s co-conspirator, no longer facing execution after resentencing. WDSU News. Retrieved 05/16/2020 from https://www.wdsu.com/article/rogers-lacaze-antoinette-franks-co-conspirator-no-longer-on-death-row-after-resentencing/30222316

Sanz, Cynthia. (10/02/1995). A Killer in Blue. People Magazine. Retrieved 05/16/2020 from https://people.com/archive/a-killer-in-blue-vol-45-no-14/

LASC.org. (05/07/2007). 99-KA-058 State of Louisiana v Rogers Joseph LaCaze. Retrieved 05/18/2020 from https://www.lasc.org/opinions/2002/99ka0584.opn.pdf

FindLaw. (01/25/2002). 99-KA-0584 State of Louisiana v Rogers LaCaze. Retrieved 05/17/2020 from https://caselaw.findlaw.com/la-supreme-court/1244475.html

Jonsson, Patrik. (02/26/2019). How New Orleans police went from ‘most corrupt’ to model force. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 05/17/2020 from https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2019/0226/How-New-Orleans-police-went-from-most-corrupt-to-model-force

CaseText. (01/29/2007). State v Frank. Retrieved 05/17/2020 from https://casetext.com/case/state-v-frank-21

LASC.org. (05/07/2007). 99KA0553 State of Louisiana v Antoinette Frank. Retrieved 05/18/2020 from https://www.lasc.org/opinions/2007/99ka0553.opn.pdf

Kim Anh Noodle House

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Books

Codrescu, Andrei. (04/15/1998). Hail Babylon!: In Search of the American City at the End of the Millennium. Macmillan.

Dittrich, Stacy. (10/29/10). Murder Behind the Badge: True Stories of Cops Who Kill. Prometheus Books.

Podcasts

Talk Radio 49. (02/18/2020). Clear & Convincing, Episode 50- Louisiana v. Antoinette Frank and Ronald Williams II [Audio Podcast].

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-talk-radio-49-48985660/episode/clear-convincing-episode-50-57843266/

Video

Snapped: Killer Couples. Antoinette Frank and Rogers LaCaze.
https://youtu.be/Wyu4KC5VD1c

I’d Kill For You. Badge of Blood.
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/id-kill-for-you/full-episodes/badge-of-blood

Killer Cops. Antoinette Frank.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6395936/

History

Flores-Roberts, Vanessa. (12/17/2011). Black Policemen in Jim Crow New Orleans. ScholarWorks@UNO. Retrieved 05/14/2020 from https://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2359&context=td

Farr, Justin. (05/2016). “The Mongrel Regime!:” The Untold Story of Tennessee’s African American Policemen During the New South and Jim Crow Eras, 1867-1930. JEWLScholar@MTSU. Retrieved 05/14/2020 from https://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/bitstream/handle/mtsu/4848/Farr-Justin%20Thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Fussell, Elizabeth. (12/2007). Constructing New Orleans, Constructing Race: A Population History of New Orleans. Journal of American History, 94. Retrieved 05/14/2020 from http://archive.oah.org/special-issues/katrina/Fussell.html

Wills, Matthew. (02/20/2019). The Free People of Color of Pre-Civil War New Orleans. JSTOR Daily. Retrieved 05/14/2020 from https://daily.jstor.org/the-free-people-of-color-of-pre-civil-war-new-orleans/

How Not to Get Murdered

USC Department of Public Safety. (n.d.). What to Do During a Robbery.

Retrieved 05/18/2020 from https://dps.usc.edu/safety-tips/suspicious-activity/robbery/

Maus-Berkley, David. (08/19/2014). How to Stay Safe During a Robbery: The 8 Tips Jewelers Need to Know. Jewelers Mutual. Retrieved 05/18/2020 from

https://www.jewelersmutual.com/clarity-blog/how-to-stay-safe-during-robbery-the-8-tips-jewelers-need-to-know

Shout Outs

Never Have I ever on Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/title/80179190

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
by Malcolm Gladwell

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43848929-talking-to-strangers

This is Actually Happening

https://wondery.com/shows/this-is-actually-happening/