This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Walter E. Ellis, AKA “The Milwaukee North Side Strangler” or “The Northside Strangler”, a black man and serial killer responsible for the deaths of at least seven women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
Wikipedia. (02/23/2024). Walter E. Ellis. Retrieved 03/07/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_E._Ellis
Diedrich, John; Haggerty, Ryan. (09/19/2009). Suspected serial killer was informant. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 03/07/2024 from https://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/59892397.html
Haggerty, Ryan. (05/21/2010). Man convicted in 1998 case to be released after DNA links another man to killing. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 03/07/2024 from https://archive.jsonline.com/news/crime/94639609.html/
Barton, Gina. (09/12/2009). Suspected serial killer slipped through the cracks. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 03/07/2024 from https://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/59142872.html
Stephenson, Crocker. (09/08/2009). Serial killings suspect was violent as youth, affable as adult, neighbors say. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 03/07/2024 from https://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/57858482.html/
Murderpedia. (n.d.). Walter E Ellis. Retrieved 03/07/2024 from https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/ellis-walter.htm
Vielmetti, Bruce. (08/14/2018). Wisconsin Innocence Project wins appeal for man caught in serial killer Walter Ellis’ wake. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 03/07/2024 from https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/08/14/innocence-project-wins-appeal-man-caught-serial-killers-wake/988916002/
Vielmetti, Bruce. (02/24/2011). Ellis gets life – 7 times over. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 03/18/2024 from https://archive.jsonline.com/news/crime/116824883.html/
The National Registry of Exonerations. (05/22/2022). William Avery. Retrieved 03/18/2024 from https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3004
The National Registry of Exonerations. (05/22/2022). Chaunte Ott. Retrieved 03/18/2024 from https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3517
History
Encyclopedia of Milwaukee. (n.d.). Native Milwaukee. Retrieved 03/19/2023 from https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/native-milwaukee/
Wisconsin Historical Society. (n.d.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin History. Retrieved 03/19/2023 from https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1607
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“Gotta Get it” by Arulo
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