Simply A Monster: Anthony Sowell-Part 1

March 01, 2023 • 01:00:27
Simply A Monster: Anthony Sowell-Part 1
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Simply A Monster: Anthony Sowell-Part 1

Mar 01 2023 | 01:00:27

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Show Notes

Anthony Sowell is a serial rapist and killer from Cleveland, Ohio.  He raped and assaulted numerous women and was convicted of murdering eleven women, and burying them in his home and on his property.  He is most commonly known as the Cleveland Strangler. 

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Sowell

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sowell-anthony.htm

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/12/ohio_supreme_court_upholds_con.html

https://casetext.com/case/state-v-sowell-59

https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/sowell_jury_tours_home_on_imperial_avenue_to_see_layout_and_significant_scenes.html

https://www.the-sun.com/news/2298626/who-anthony-sowells-ex-girlfriend/

https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/pleasant_conversations_with_anthony_sowell_turned_violent_without_warning_three_women_testify.html

https://fox8.com/news/anthony-sowell-dies-looking-back-on-imperial-avenue-murders/

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/how-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-was-caught

https://www.cleveland.com/business/2009/11/rays_sausage_tries_to_move_bey.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-new-house-of-horrors-that-shocked-america-1815760.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mayors-niece-lived-with-alleged-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-and-rotting-bodies/

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/the_women_of_imperial_avenue_t_2.html

https://www.the-sun.com/news/2297846/who-were-anthony-sowells-victims/

https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2009/11/05/house-death-on-cleveland-block/41327179007/

https://abcnews.go.com/WN/investigators-insect-experts-search-clues-cleveland-house-horrors/story?id=9064966

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/garden-of-11-angels-imperial-avenue-open/95-ee9da55c-b41d-4d1d-9102-4417f8ef4ae6

https://www.clevelandurbannews.com/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/3270-cleveland-activists-imperial-women-coalition-to-host-imperial-avenue-murders-anniversary-rally-on-sat-oct-29-2022-on-imperial-avenue-serial-killer-anthony-sowell-murdered-11-black-women-at-his-simce-demolished-home-on-imperial-avenue-in-cleveland.html

 

 

BOOKS

House of Horrors: Robert Sberna

Nobody’s Women: Steve Miller

 

CREDITS

Theme Song: Dark Swag by Tiny Music

Background Music: Tragedy by SilverHoof

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