This week, Beth and Wendy uncover the story of Benjamin Thomas “Tony” Atkins aka the Woodward Corridor Killer. For eight terrifying months in Detroit, he stalked the streets, leaving a trail of death, fear, and unanswered questions in his wake.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
Wikipedia. (n.d.). Benjamin Atkins. Retrieved 09/08/2025 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Atkins
Withall, Susan. (03/12/2007). Woodward Avenue: Michigan’s Main Street. The Detroit News. Retrieved 09/08/2025 from https://web.archive.org/web/20150102140458/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20070312/METRO/703120330/Woodward-Avenue–Michigan-s-Main-Street
Hazel, Mycah. (09/27/2021). The Kerner Commission’s Last Living Member Says We Still Need To Talk About Racism. NPR. Retrieved 09/09/2025 from https://www.npr.org/2021/09/26/1040791834/the-kerner-commissions-last-living-member-we-still-need-to-talk-about-racism
Rothstein, Richard. (03/01/2018). Many of the policy recommendations from the Kerner Commission remain relevant 50 years later. The Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved 09/09/2025 from https://www.epi.org/blog/many-of-the-policy-recommendations-from-the-kerner-commission-remain-relevant-50-years-later/
Books
Bates, B. (2025). THE CRACK CITY STRANGLER: The Homicides of Serial Killer Benjamin Atkins (Murders in the Motor City Series Book 2). Denver, CO: WildBlue Press.
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