This week we talk about Lorenzo Jerome Gilyard Jr, aka The Kansas City Strangler. He murdered at least 13 girls and women in Kansas City, Missouri between 1977 and 1993.
We dig into our mailbag (5:00). Then we dive into the story starting with the stats (10:02), the setting (12:19), the Gilyard’s early life (26:06) and the timeline (30:13). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (44:28) followed by “Where are they now?”(49:04). We get into our Take Aways and what we think made the him snap (53:01).
As usual we close out the show with some tips on how not to get murdered (58:05) and of course some shout outs (1:00:46).
Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time… look alive y’all, it’s crazy out there!
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Articles/Websites
Krajicek, David. (n.d.). The Obscure Streetwalker Strangler. TruTv Crime Library (archived). Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://web.archive.org/web/20110930115452/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/lorenzo_gilyard/1_index.html
Gutierrez, Lisa. (03/01/2018). Piers Morgan confronts ‘Kansas City Strangler’ Lorenzo Gilyard on ‘Serial Killer’. The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article202811914.html
Kindon, Frances. (03/01/2018). The chilling case of Lorenzo Gilyard – the softly-spoken Kansas City Strangler who raped and murdered 13 women. Mirror. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/lorenzo-gilyard-strangler-piers-morgan-12101900
MurderMurderMurder. (n.d.). Lorenzo Gilyard. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://www.murdermurdermurder.com/lorenzo-gilyard-summary
Raga, Pippa. (n.d.). Almost Three Decades Since His Last Murder, Lorenzo Gilyard Maintains His Innocence. Distractify. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://www.distractify.com/p/lorenzo-gilyard-is-innocent
Birchall, Guy. (03/09/2020). Kansas City Strangler. The US Sun. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://www.the-sun.com/news/512627/who-is-lorenzo-gilyard-serial-killer-suspected-of-murdering-13-women-and-girls/
Murderpedia. (n.d.). Lorenzo J Gilyard Jr. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gilyard-lorenzo.htm
Killer.Cloud. (n.d.). Lorenzo Gilyard. Retrieved 10/11/2020 from https://killer.cloud/serial-killers/show/86/lorenzo-gilyard
Associated Press. (04/19/2004). Missouri Man Charged in serial killings. NBC News. Retrieved 10/11/2020 from http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4779925/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/missouri-man-charged-serial-killings/#.X4KZlGhKjIU
Wikipedia contributors. (12/18/2019). Manual Career & Technical Center. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10/12/2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manual_Career_%26_Technical_Center&oldid=931420415
Podcasts
Goodman, Jana. Host (11/5/2019) Prison City Murders- Case 16 – Inner Darkness. [Audio Podcast]. Retrieved on 10/9/2020 from https://prisoncitymurders.blubrry.net/2019/11/05/prison-city-murders-case-16-inner-darknes/
Video
Serial Killer with Piers Morgan
https://www.netflix.com/title/80241003
History
The Kansas City Public Library. (n.d.). African Americans in the Kansas City Area. Retrieved 10/09/2020 from https://kchistory.org/research/african-americans
Visit KC. (n.d.). African American Community in Kansas City. Retrieved 10/09/2020 from https://www.visitkc.com/visitors/things-do/trip-ideas-tools/discover/diversity/african-american-community-kansas-city
Berthiaume, Sara; Eagan, Elise; Graves, Jackson; Pulford, Adrianna; Santos, Ajani. (n.d.). Paris of the Plains:Jazz in Kansas City. University of Southern California. Retrieved 10/09/2020 from https://scalar.usc.edu/works/jazz-in-kansas-city/african-americans-in-kansas-city
Wikipedia contributors. (09/02/2020. York (explorer). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10/09/2020 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=York_(explorer)&oldid=976381471
Parks, Shoshi. (03/08/2018). York Explored the West With Lewis and Clark, But His Freedom Wouldn’t Come Until Decades Later. Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 10/10/2020 from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/york-explored-west-lewis-and-clark-his-freedom-wouldnt-come-until-decades-later-180968427/
Kentake, Meserette. (06/29/2015). York, The Black Explorer. KentakePage. Retrieved 10/10/2020 from https://kentakepage.com/york-the-black-explorer/
Wikipedia contributors. (09/20/2020). Josephine Silone Yates. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10/11/2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josephine_Silone_Yates&oldid=979419425
Lee, Gary. (06/02/2002). Black History in Missouri. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 10/11/2020 from https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-071219stlouis-blackhistory-story.html
Wikipedia contributors. (09/05/2020). Little Dixie (Missouri). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10/11/2020 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_Dixie_(Missouri)&oldid=976806677
Long-Middleton, Matthew. (n.d.). The History of The Native Peoples of the Kansas City Region. KCUR. Retrieved 10/11/2020 from https://www.kcur.org/show/central-standard/2014-02-14/the-history-of-the-native-peoples-of-the-kansas-city-region
VisitKC. (n.d.). Native American Culture in Kansas City. Retrieved 10/11/2020 from https://www.visitkc.com/visitors/things-do/trip-ideas-tools/discover/diversity/native-american-culture-kansas-city
ushistory.org. (n.d.). “Bloody Kansas”. U.S. History Online Textbook. Retrieved 10/11/2020 from https://www.ushistory.org/us/31.asp
Salzman, Eric. (10/11/2018). For decades a dividing line, Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Mo., sees new hope. NBC News. Retrieved 10/10/2020 from URL
How Not to Get Murdered
Scot-Pep. (n.d.). Protect Yourself Handbook. Retrieved 10/12/2020 from http://www.scot-pep.org.uk/sex-workers-toolkit/safety-work/protect-yourself-handbook
Shout Outs
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