E248: SERIAL KILLER – Reginald Vernon Oates

This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of an American serial killer responsible for the brutal murders of four boys in April 1968. This subject was suggested to us by our Fruitie by Laura.

This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.

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Footnotes

Articles/Websites

Wikipedia. (11/28/2024). Reginald Oates. Retrieved 12/02/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Oates

The Baltimore Sun. (04/27/1968). Plea of Insanity Made in Slayings. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/377381520/

The Baltimore Sun. (04/22/1968). Boy Charged in 4 Killings, 6 Sex Cases. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/377367293/

Collins, George W. (04/23/2024). ‘Bible Whiz’ Held In Murders. Baltimore Afro-American. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://newspaperarchive.com/baltimore-afro-american-apr-23-1968-p-1/

Hiltner, George J. (04/26/1968). Youth Indicted in Killings; Mental Tests Anticipated. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/377378835

Oliver, Elizabeth M. (04/23/2024). ‘Bible Whiz’ Was Abused in Prison, Mom Tells AFRO. Baltimore Afro-American. Retrieved 10/26/2024 from https://newspaperarchive.com/baltimore-afro-american-apr-30-1968-p-1/

Zielinski, Caroline. (12/10/2014). Baltimore’s Leakin Park: the dumping ground for murdered bodies. News.com.au. Retrieved 12/02/2024 from https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/baltimores-leakin-park-the-dumping-ground-for-murdered-bodies/news-story/7b73fa8dc7e9de262cd0dddcc61c03b7

History

Alvarenga, Jamie. (05/19/2023). This Park In Maryland Has A Dark And Evil History That Will Never Be Forgotten. Only in Your State. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nature/maryland/leakin-park-md

Wikipedia. (10/09/2024). Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynns_Falls/Leakin_Park

Department of Recreation & Parks. (n.d.). Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://bcrp.baltimorecity.gov/parks/gwynns-falls

Chams Page. (08/13/2010). Ghosts of Leakin Park – Baltimore, Maryland. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://chamspage.blogspot.com/2010/08/

Kobell, Rona. (11/17/2014). Where West Baltimore Brings Its Dead. Slate. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://slate.com/culture/2014/11/leakin-park-in-baltimore-is-featured-in-serial-and-the-wire.html

Bartlett, Dylan. (11/21/23). Blockbusting in Real Estate. Study.com. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://study.com/academy/lesson/blockbusting-panic-peddling-in-real-estate-definitions-history.html

Wikipedia. (08/02/2024). Edmondson Village, Baltimore. Retrieved 10/20/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmondson_Village,_Baltimore

History.com. (n.d.). Vice President Agnew resigns. Retrieved 11/30/2024 from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vice-president-agnew-resigns

Levine, Allen. (10/01/2022). The tarnished legacy of Spiro Agnew. The Free Press. Retrieved 11/30/2024 from https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/2022/10/01/the-tarnished-legacy-of-spiro-agnew

Wikipedia. (08/14/2024). History of African Americans in Baltimore. Retrieved 11/30/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Baltimore

Maryland Center for History and Culture. (n.d.). “Happy play in grassy places:” Baltimore’s Playgrounds in Photographs, 1911-1936. Retrieved 11/30/2024 from https://www.mdhistory.org/happy-play-in-grassy-places-baltimores-playgrounds-in-photographs-1911-1936/

Books

Orser, W. Edward. (1994). Blockbusting in Baltimore: The Edmondson Village Story.  Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky.

Music

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“PodeQueimar” Ft: Delve by altcontroldelete
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/altcontroldelete/7958

“Lil Sky Beats” by Arulo
Mixkit Stock Music Free License
https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/trap/

“U know” by Yung Kartz
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

“Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/full_list.php
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