This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Falicia Blakely & Ameshia Ervin, two women in Atlanta, Georgia, who killed three men over just a few hours.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Shout Outs
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (film)
Worst Exes (TV series)
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair (documentary)
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
Summers, Chris. (05/17/2003). Facing the death penalty at 19. BBC News. Retrieved 08/27/2024 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3016059.stm
Adams, Aisha. (n.d.). When Love Kills- The Real Michael Berry. Nappy Thoughts. Retrieved 08/27/2024 from https://nappythoughts.com/michael-berry
Adams, Aisha. (09/11/2017). Behind When Loves Kills: Meet The Real Falicia Blakely. Nappy Thoughts. Retrieved 08/27/2024 from https://nappythoughts.com/falicia-blakely
Adams, Aisha. (n.d.). When Love Kills: Meet The Real Ameshia Ervin. Nappy Thoughts. Retrieved 08/27/2024 from https://nappythoughts.com/real-ameshia-ervin
Schunn, Caitlin. (04/30/2023). ‘We Got A Serial Killer Out Here:’ Atlanta Stripper Robs, Kills 3 Men In Crime Spree. Oxygen. Retrieved 08/27/2024 from https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/atlanta-stripper-falicia-blakely-kills-robs-3-men
Shalhoup, Mara. (03/04/2004). Cover Story: Learning to hit a lick. Creative Loafing. Retrieved 08/29/2024 from https://creativeloafing.com/content-184798-cover-story-learning-to-hit-a-lick
Shalhoup, Mara. (03/11/2004). Cover Story: Learning to hit a lick Part II. Creative Loafing. Retrieved 08/29/2024 from https://creativeloafing.com/content-184799-cover-story-learning-to-hit-a-lick-part
Capture Life Through the Lens. (04/10/2015). Lee Arrendale Correctional Facility. Retrieved 08/31/2024 from https://capturelifethroughthelens.com/2015/04/19/lee-arrendale-correctional-facility/
Archer, Dale MD. (03/06/2017). The Danger of Manipulative Love-Bombing in a Relationship. Psychology Today. Retrieved 09/03/2024 from https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/reading-between-the-headlines/201703/the-danger-of-manipulative-love-bombing-in-a-relationship
Hamilton, Felicia L. (10/05/2017). Too Many Monsters In The Room….The Falicia Blakely Story. Huffpost. Retrieved 09/05/2024 from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/too-many-monsters-in-the-roomthe-falicia-blakely_b_59d6b02ae4b08ce873a8cc80
Benoit, Kevin. (12/18/2021). The Real Falicia Blakely Story – What The Film Didn’t Tell You. Parle. Retrieved 09/05/2024 from https://parlemag.com/2021/12/real-falicia-blakely-story-exclusions/
History
Wikipedia. (07/30/2024). Atlanta hip hop. Retrieved 09/09/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_hip_hop.
Wicker, Jewel. (07/19/2023). How Atlanta became the center of the rap universe. WABE. Retrieved 09/09/2024 from https://www.wabe.org/how-atlanta-became-the-center-of-the-rap-universe/
Porter, Sierra A. (02/10/2021). ‘The South got something to say’: Inside the rise of Atlanta hip-hop. USA Today. Retrieved 09/09/2024 from https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/entertainment/music/2021/02/10/atlanta-hip-hop-how-outkast-goodie-mob-changed-rap-forever/4407393001/
Wikipedia. (09/05/2024). Crime in Atlanta. Retrieved 09/09/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Atlanta.
Wicker, Jewel. (03/11/2019). How Atlanta’s Clubs Fueled the City’s Budding Hip-Hop Scene. VICE. Retrieved 09/09/2024 from https://www.vice.com/en/article/deep-dive-atlanta-hip-hop/.
Miller, Matt. (06/10/2018). Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the US South, 1997–2007. Southern Spaces. Retrieved 09/09/2024 from https://southernspaces.org/2008/dirty-decade-rap-music-and-us-south-1997-2007/
Singleton, Mya. (08/06/2024). 25 classic songs that define Atlanta hip-hop. Yardbarker. Retrieved 09/09/2024 from https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/25_classic_songs_that_define_atlanta_hip_hop/s1__39096100
Books
Hall, S. (2017). A Treacherous Hustle: Hitting A Lick for The Love of A Pimp. Augusta, Georgia: 7 Figure Publications LLC.
Podcasts
Telfer, Tori (Host). (11/28/2018). Criminal Broads. Teenager in Love: Falicia Blakely http://podcast. https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/cloud10/criminal-broads/teenager-in-love-falicia-blakely/c9c7fb9d-7890-4853-930f-bf260fb54a60
Video
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story.
https://tubitv.com/movies/609342/when-love-kills-the-falicia-blakely-story
S32 E11: Snapped. Falicia Blakely.
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/season-32/episode-11/falicia-blakely
How Not to Get Murdered
https://www.joinonelove.org/
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
“6.6.05” by BOPD
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BOPD/
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
“Bleeping Demo”, “Ice Flow” & “Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/full_list.php
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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