23: Henry Brisbon - The I-57 Killer

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Justin Drown

True Crime, Personal Journals, History, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In 1973, three brutal murders were carried out along Interstate 57 in Illinois. The man responsible, with three accomplices, was Henry Brisbon. He was just 17-years-old. Henry Brisbon has been called the poster child for capital punishment. He is a man whose violent history has left a trail of destruction behind him. This story is about the lives he destroyed.Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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1:21.5	In the state of Illinois, there are almost 40,000 prisoners in the Department of Corrections.
1:35.8	In 1973, that number was 5,600.
1:41.0	That was the year the giant serious tower in Chicago was completed, changing the landscape
1:46.0	of the city forever.
1:48.4	In 1973, was 18 years before the World Wide Web was invented.
1:53.5	There were no personal computers, no mobile phones, smartphones, tablets, or kindles.
2:00.4	People read paperback books, they went out to the movie theater to watch a film.
2:05.1	DNA hadn't been used in a criminal trial yet, and wouldn't be for another 13 years.
2:11.5	The world 47 years ago was different, but the act of murder, the taking of another human's
2:17.4	life, sadly was not.
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