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This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of The Bouncing Ball Killer, a serial killer active in the 60’s in the Los Angeles area. This episode was suggested to us by Laura.
First, we dive into the setting (9:52), the killers early life (22:06) and the timeline (25:48). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (46:10), “Where are they now?” followed by our takeaways and what we think made the perp snap (01:05:23).
As usual we close out the show with some tips on how not to get murdered and our shout outs (01:09:49).
This episode was researched & scripted by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
Cowthern, I. (12/24/2020). Is the bouncing ball strangler still alive? Reflections to Chomp On. Retrieved 04/21/2022 from https://www.reflectionstochompon.com/aunt-sarah-tyson-the-waxahachie-mystic/is-the-bouncing-ball-strangler-still-alive
Wikipedia Contributors. (04/20/2022). Psycho (1960 film). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 04/22/2022 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)
Wikipedia Contributors. (04/19/2022). Polygraph. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 04/22/2022 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. (06/27/1960). Sex Maniac Sought for Three Killings. Retrieved 04/25/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/684258683/?terms=%22mercedes%20langeron%22&match=1
Mirror News. (06/30/1960). ‘Rubber Ball’ Killer Tips are Checked. Retrieved 04/25/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/694204847/?terms=%22rubber%20ball%20killer%22&match=1
The Fresno Bee. (07/03/1960). LA man is held in slaying of seven women. Retrieved 04/25/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/702295768/?terms=%22rubber%20ball%20killer%22&match=1
The Los Angeles Times. (07/04/1960). Multiple-slaying suspect released. Retrieved 04/25/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/381268290/?terms=%22Noble%20Harper%22&match=1
Wikipedia Contributors. (03/03/2022). Bouncy ball. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 04/25/2022 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncy_ball
Reno Gazette-Journal. (06/29/1960). Strangler preys on older women. Retrieved 04/25/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/147160692/?terms=%22mercedes%20langeron%22&match=1
Mirror News. (06/29/1960). ‘Rubber Ball Strangler’ – his urge to kill may be irresistible. Retrieved 04/25/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/694204354/?terms=%22bouncing%20ball%22&match=1
Murderpedia Contributors. (n.d.). Stephen A. Nash. Murderpedia. Retrieved 04/25/2022 from https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/nash-stephen.htm
The Montgomery Advertiser. (07/13/1960). Negro bible salesman held in coed slaying. Retrieved 05/16/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/256083627/?terms=%22bouncing%20ball%22&match=1
The Shreveport Journal. (07/13/1960). Lie detector test set for negro slayer. Retrieved 05/16/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/600732757/?terms=bouncing%20ball%20killer&match=1
Evening Vanguard. (06/28/1960). Police search for depraved strangler. Retrieved 05/16/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/701263906/?terms=%22mercedes%20langeron%22&match=1
News-Pilot. (05/30/1959). Woman dies after attack. Retrieved 05/16/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/605670944/?terms=%22Ruth%20Gwinn%22&match=1
Los Angeles Mirror. (05/30/1959). Woman, 57, succumbs in beating. Retrieved 05/16/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/694189424/?terms=%22Ruth%20Gwinn%22&match=1
Progress-Bulletin. (05/31/1959). L.A. attack victim dies. Retrieved 05/16/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/624117465/?terms=%22Ruth%20Gwinn%22&match=1
Independent. (06/29/1960). Slayer of elderly women described. Retrieved 05/17/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/719277293/?terms=%22Ann%20Cotter%22&match=1
Wikipedia Contributors. (04/29/2022). Henry Busch (serial killer). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 05/17/2022 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Busch_(serial_killer)
Supreme Court of California Resources. (2009). People v. Busch , 56 Cal.2d 868. Retrieved 05/17/2022 from https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-busch-24326
Good, M. (06/06/2014). 1962: Henry Adolph Busch, Psycho. Executedtoday.com. Retrieved 05/17/2022 from https://www.executedtoday.com/2014/06/06/1962-henry-adolph-busch/
The Los Angeles Times. (07/13/1960). Confessed strangler may undergo lie test. Retrieved 05/17/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/381143560/?terms=%22bouncing%20ball%22%20lie%20detector&match=1
The Los Angeles Times. (07/14/1960). Confessed strangler of coed arraigned. Retrieved 05/17/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/381264791/?terms=%22bouncing%20ball%22%20lie%20detector&match=1
The Sacramento Bee. (07/14/1960). Slayer suspect’s lie tests yield nothing definite. Retrieved 05/17/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/618035010/?terms=%22bouncing%20ball%22%20lie%20detector&match=1
California Eagle. (07/21/1960). Trial date set for strangler of girl student. Retrieved 05/17/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/693277687/?terms=%22bouncing%20ball%22%20lie%20detector&match=1
The Los Angeles Times. (06/29/1960). Police seek clues to strangler of 7 women. Retrieved 05/17/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/380918206/?terms=Police%20Seek%20Clues%20to%20Strangler%20of%207%20Women&match=1
The Los Angeles Times. (06/30/1960). Police check 100 reports on strangler. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/380920689/?terms=%22mercedes%20langeron%22&match=1
The Journal Times. (07/16/1960). Arrest suspect in rape slayings. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/342210990/?terms=%22mercedes%20langeron%22&match=1
Los Angeles Mirror. (09/06/1960). Beaten woman, 84, dies; feared ‘strangler’ victim. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/694235948/?terms=%22mercedes%20langeron%22&match=1
The Tribune. (09/06/1960). Urge to kill stirred by film ‘Psycho.’. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/807346016/?terms=%22rubber%20ball%20killer%22&match=1
The Sacramento Bee. (09/07/1960). Slayer of 3 tells police he had urge to kill. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/618366899/?terms=%22henry%20adolph%20busch%22&match=1
The Los Angeles Times. (09/07/1960). Slayer of 3 women tells ‘urge to kill.’ Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/380873276/?terms=%22henry%20adolph%20busch%22&match=1
California Eagle. (08/11/1960). Trial set in death of coed. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/693278094/?terms=%27BOUNCING%20BALL%27%20Killer&match=1
News-Pilot. (08/18/1960). Bouncing Ball Killer sought. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/605724430/?terms=%22BOUNCING%20BALL%22%20Killer&match=1
The Los Angeles Times. (11/17/1960). Court raps jury for sparing man’s life. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/380808389/?terms=%22raymond%20W%20Clemmons%22
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. (11/16/1960). Jury gives coed slayer life. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/684282763/?terms=%22raymond%20W%20Clemmons%22
Covington, W. (09/25/1914). African American serial killers little known, but always there. Our Weekly Los Angeles. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://ourweekly.com/news/2014/09/25/african-american-serial-killers/
Moller, Kenza. (02/16/2015). 6 Signs Beyonce Is In The Illuminati, Regardless Of What She Says In ‘Formation’. Romper. Retrieved 05/23/2022 from https://www.romper.com/p/6-signs-beyonce-is-in-the-illuminati-regardless-of-what-she-says-in-formation-5745
History
Given Place Media, publishing as Los Angeles Almanac. (© 1998-2022). Original People of Los Angeles County. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi05.php
Wikipedia Contributors. (05/20/2022). History of African Americans in Los Angeles. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 05/20/2022 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Los_Angeles#:~:text=In%201850%2C%20there%20were%20twelve,blacks%20came%20to%20Los%20Angeles
Haywood, Sydney. (04/10/2022). Spelman, Morehouse alumni create HBCU collection for Ralph Lauren. NCBNews.com. Retrieved 05/23/2022 from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/spelman-morehouse-alumni-create-hbcu-collection-ralph-lauren-rcna22893
Books
Hore, P. (2021). HORROR: The First Time America’s Paranoia Infected the World (p. 288). Markosia Enterprises Ltd.
Video
Eddings, Eric and Luse, Brittany. The Nod. YouTube Conspiracy Theories | The Nod by Gimlet. 4/17/18. Retrieved on 5/22/22 from URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXTDA06aLuM
Music
“Abyss” by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ●https://instagram.com/icemanbass/●https://soundcloud.com/therealfrozenguy●
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
“Born Again” & “Hit Me On My Way” by Jorge Hernandez https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2F9yqcymsHGSPzwpTMwCiQ/playlists/playlists
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
“Jeopardy” by Yung Kartz https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
“Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3791-furious-freak
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