135 The Cleveland Strangler, Anthony Sowell

Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast

Anthony Sowell was a very vicious, but lesser known serial killer. He was the worst serial killer in all of Cleveland’s history, and was dubbed ‘The Cleveland Strangler’ by the media. He had a rough childhood, and was abused by his mother, but he also abused his nieces, sexually. He joined the Marines, and should have stayed there. He was a good Marine. But after he got out, he turned to crack, and started sexually assaulting women. In 1985, he kidnapped and raped and assaulted a woman who escaped, and he was sent to prison for 15 years for that. When he got out, he went back to his old habits, but escalated.

He had a major heart attack in 2007, and THEN began his killing spree. He killed 11 women between 2007 and 2009….all while using crack and alcohol, WITH a pacemaker. He discarded the bodies in his own home, causing an awful smell, that was blamed on a sausage factory next door to his house.

When he was caught in October, 2009, the bodies were discovered, and Cleveland was in shock.

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