FRUITLOOPS REWIND: The Lester Street Murders

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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In this rewind episode from 2018, Beth and Wendy discuss Jessie Dotson Jr., an American mass murderer convicted for the Lester Street Murders in Memphis, Tennessee. The crime, which took place on March 2, 2008, was one of the most brutal mass killings in the city’s history. This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams. Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time... look alive guys, it's crazy out there! 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 BluSky 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 Patreon patreon.com/user?u=11415202 Footnotes http://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/dotson-jessie.htm https://caselaw.findlaw.com/tn-supreme-court/1679739.html http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/sites/default/files/dotsonjessieopn.pdf https://wreg.com/2017/04/27/web-extra-youngest-lester-street-survivors-talk-to-wregs-stephanie-scurlock/ http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/9420956/mother-of-lester-street-victim-hospitalized-after-accident/ The First 48: https://youtu.be/_JWht7ZYKRM Youtube interview of CJ 10 years after he was stabbed by his uncle https://youtu.be/qXbXCkUJySs Jessie Dalton takes the stand https://youtu.be/44y0DuRFpyU Jessie Dotson’s Mother speaks out https://youtu.be/oa4XapZn1XM Jessie claims he is innocent in prison interview https://youtu.be/ALGVGGa0FjI Music “Abyss” by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ●https://instagram.com/icemanbass/●https://soundcloud.com/therealfrozenguy● Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License “Freedom” by Caslo https://freemusicarchive.org/music/caslo/ Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License 6.6.05 by BOPD http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BOPD/ Licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Ice Flow”, “Baba Yaga”, “Basement Floor”, & “Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/full_list.php Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Connect with us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQHgsKYPbzsI4AEiMrUgabA BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fruitloopspod.bsky.social Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fruitloopspod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Fruitloopspod and https://www.facebook.com/groups/fruitloopspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Frudies, Wendy here, and we are finally back from like the longest break we've ever
0:06.9	taken. We missed you guys so gosh darn much. I'm speaking a little quietly, as you all know,
0:12.6	some stuff happened when you had to move and my studio seems to change every week. Today, I'm
0:19.5	just front room studios, which is not very soundproofed,
0:24.7	so please forgive me in advance for the sound. We just want to say that we hope you've enjoyed
0:30.5	what has been in your feed so far during our break. Thank you for being patient with us while we
0:35.5	took our break to rest and recharge and make some
0:39.2	changes and improvements and hopefully y'all will stick around for those.
0:42.4	Um, the episode dropping on today's, uh, drop is one we recorded back in December of 2018.
0:50.0	And it was back then our 23rd episode.
0:53.8	And we were so proud for that milestone at that point and what it meant for us.
0:59.2	So it was really exciting.
1:00.1	It's really exciting to still be here.
1:01.9	It was also exciting that this was an episode that was suggested by one of our Frutis or one of our day ones, Marcus.
1:07.8	So thank you, Marcus.
1:09.0	We love you to the moon and back.
1:12.5	And thank you for suggesting this episode way back when. Fruities y'all know listening. You can keep them coming. If you have any
1:17.0	case suggestions, you know where to find us. But this particular case was extremely horrific. It was
1:23.0	a case in which the perpetrator Jesse Dotson Jr. murdered six of his family members after
1:29.0	an argument in Memphis, Tennessee, and the murders occurred in March of 1994, and his victims
1:34.8	were his relatives and included some really young children. Again, this was horrific, and so we
1:42.0	just want to say rest in power to the victims. We want to send healing
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