FRUITLOOPS SHORT: The DC Snipers Pt 1

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this rewind episode from 2019, Wendy & Beth discuss The DC Snipers AKA the Beltway Snipers, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. Their crime spree began in February of 2002, and included murders and robberies in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington. In ten months, the snipers killed 17 people and wounded 10 others. This episode was researched, scripted & edited by Wendy & Beth 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! Footnotes: https://fruitloopspod.com/2025/02/06/fruitloops-rewind-the-dc-snipers-pt-1/ Music “Hit Me On My Way” by Text Me Records & Jorge Hernandez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzoNlp2-Ek Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License Slowly Creeping by Purple Planet Music http://www.purple-planet.com “Master Disorder” & “Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/full_list.php Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License “Torey” by Arulo Mixkit Stock Music Free License https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/trap/ 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 Twitter @FruitLoopsPod 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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0:44.8	This podcast contains adult themes and language and some of the things that we discuss
0:48.9	may be disturbing to some listeners. In this podcast, we discuss sexual assault, torture,
0:53.4	race, and murder. Listener discretion is advised. Please take care of yourself. So now we are going to get into the killer's early life.
1:23.6	So take it away, Beth.
1:25.1	John Allen Muhammad was born John Allen Williams in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Ernest and Eva Williams, the fourth child of a Pullman train porter and an Antiguan immigrant.
1:39.1	One of six children, he and his family moved to Noral Orleans when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.
1:45.9	She died when he was three years old. Oh, that's really sad. It is. Yeah, we will refer to John
1:53.0	Alan Muhammad here on out as Muhammad just to simplify things, but consider how easy it is to refer to him
2:00.7	as a terrorist and a criminal
2:02.1	because of his color and his last name. Just think about that note next time you watch the news.
2:08.7	Moving on, after his mother's death, his father left. So Muhammad was mainly raised by his grandfather and an
2:16.6	aunt. And it's been alleged that an uncle often beat him.
2:21.8	He was described as a polite and well-liked individual.
2:25.2	In August of 1978, Muhammad enlisted in the Louisiana Army National Guard at Baton Rouge as a combat engineer.
2:35.6	In 1981, he married his childhood sweetheart, Carol Caglier.
2:40.4	In 1982, Muhammad was introduced to Mildred Green by a friend in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
2:48.8	Oh, sparks fly.
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