365: The Murder of Kitty Genovese and the Implementation of 911

Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

True Crime, Comedy

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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On March 13th, 1964, 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was heading home from work in the early morning hours. After parking her car, she was making the short walk to her apartment when she heard footsteps behind her. When she attempted to flee, the man followed her and attacked. After someone saw them and yelled out, the attacker left. However, he returned and attacked Kitty for a second time. Though there were several witnesses who heard something, only two had made a call to police. The amount of witnesses was exaggerated and the details and facts of Kitty’s murder were incorrectly reported. However, Kitty’s death has resulted in several studies, laws, and the unified 911 system. Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code QUEENS at https:/www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod HelloFresh: Get up to 10 FREE meals and a free high protein item for life at HelloFresh.com/hellofreshpodcast. Fay Nutrition: Listeners of Killer Queens can qualify to see a registered dietician for as little as $0 by visiting FayNutrition.com/QUEENS. Nutrafol: Start your hair growth journey with Nutrafol. For a limited time, get $10 off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code QUEENS. © 2025 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:56.6	Okay. Okay. All right, you guys, welcome back to Killer Queens. I'm Terella and I've got another true crime case for you today. This one is the case of Kitty Genevies, which also happens to be the implementation of 911. We are going to
1:04.4	talk a lot about the bystander effect. There's a lot that goes into this case. All of it,
1:09.5	absolutely horrific. So let's get into it.
1:13.4	I do want to give a hey girl thanks to Molly Lucas, Marsha Glorioso, Molly Elizabeth, Heather from
1:20.4	Nashville. Hey! And Des Hunt for requesting this case. And Hey, hey girl, thanks to Beth for writing this one up for us.
1:30.2	All right, so let's do a little overview here. On March 13, 1964, 28-year-old Kitty Genevise
1:37.1	was heading home from work in the early morning hours. After parking her car, she was making
1:42.8	the short walk to her apartment when she heard footsteps behind her.
1:47.0	When she started to run away, the man followed her and he attacked.
1:51.4	After someone saw them and yelled out, the attacker, thank goodness, left.
1:58.3	Except he came back and he attacked her for a second time. Though there were several witnesses
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