E97: The Kansas City Strangler

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk about Lorenzo Jerome Gilyard Jr, aka The Kansas City Strangler. He murdered at least 13 girls and women in Kansas City, Missouri between 1977 and 1993. We dig into our mailbag (5:00). Then we dive into the story starting with the stats (10:02), the setting (12:19), the Gilyard’s early life (26:06) and the timeline (30:13). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (44:28) followed by "Where are they now?"(49:04). We get into our Take Aways and what we think made the him snap (53:01). As usual we close out the show with some tips on how not to get murdered (58:05) and of course some shout outs (1:00:46). Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time... look alive y’all, it's crazy out there! Ad And Still I Vote (25:42) https://andstillivote.org/ Where to find us: Our Facebook page is Fruitloopspod and our discussion group is Fruitloopspod Discussion on Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/fruitloopspod/ We are also on Twitter and Instagram @fruitloopspod Please send any questions or comments to [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 602-935-6294. We just might read your email or play your voicemail on the show! Want to Support the show? You can support the show by rating and reviewing Fruitloops on iTunes, or anywhere else that you get your podcasts from. We would love it if you gave us 5 stars! You can make a donation on the Cash App https://cash.me/$fruitloopspod Or become a monthly Patron through our Podbean Patron page https://patron.podbean.com/fruitloopspod Articles/Websites Krajicek, David. (n.d.). The Obscure Streetwalker Strangler. TruTv Crime Library (archived). Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://web.archive.org/web/20110930115452/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/lorenzo_gilyard/1_index.html Gutierrez, Lisa. (03/01/2018). Piers Morgan confronts 'Kansas City Strangler' Lorenzo Gilyard on 'Serial Killer'. The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article202811914.html Kindon, Frances. (03/01/2018). The chilling case of Lorenzo Gilyard - the softly-spoken Kansas City Strangler who raped and murdered 13 women. Mirror. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/lorenzo-gilyard-strangler-piers-morgan-12101900 MurderMurderMurder. (n.d.). Lorenzo Gilyard. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://www.murdermurdermurder.com/lorenzo-gilyard-summary Raga, Pippa. (n.d.). Almost Three Decades Since His Last Murder, Lorenzo Gilyard Maintains His Innocence. Distractify. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from https://www.distractify.com/p/lorenzo-gilyard-is-innocent Birchall, Guy. (03/09/2020). Kansas City Strangler. The US Sun. Retrieved 10/08/2020 from Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast contains adult themes and language and some of the things that we discuss may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:06.2	In this podcast we discuss sexual assault, torture, race, and murder.
0:10.8	Listener discretion is advised. I'm going to be. So, Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to Fruitloops episode 97. Thank you so much for
1:06.6	listening. Fruitloops is a podcast about true crimes committed by people of
1:10.1	color and the victims that we don't hear or know much about.
1:13.4	Contrary to popular belief, not all serial killers are straight cis gender-wide dudes.
1:18.2	What?
1:19.2	That's right.
1:20.2	There are many well-documented cases of serial killers of color and fruit loops is a
1:23.6	podcast all about them we will take deep dives into the fascinating lives and
1:27.6	crimes of serial killers and true crimes committed by people of color and the
1:31.0	victims that the media and entertainment commonly
1:33.7	leave out because the news is racist.
1:37.1	Allegedly. And we are Wendy and Beth. She's Wendy. I'm Beth. We're not
1:41.7	journalist investigators or psychologists. Just a couple of gals interested in true crime.
1:47.0	Also, the opinions expressed in this podcast are just that, our opinions.
1:51.0	Please send any questions or comments to fruitloops pod at gmail
1:55.1	dot com or leave us a voicemail at 602935 6294 and we may feature it on a future
2:01.9	episode. Also our website plus check it out for our website plus check it out for different ways you can support this show or become a
2:14.8	fruit loops patron yeah so who are we talking about today bet today bet
2:19.5	today we're talking about Lorenzo Jerome Gilliard Jr.
2:23.2	also known as the Kansas City Strangler.
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