EPISODE 48: The Dayton Strangler

Sep 20

In this week's episode Paul and Kate go to early 1900s Ohio where a young girl sneaks out of a family gathering and doesn't return. After her body is found and the circumstances are weighed a massive manhunt uncovers some disturbing patterns.

Sources:

“Cold Serial: The Jack The Strangler Murders” by Brian Forschner. 2015.

https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Serial-Jack-Strangler-Murders-ebook/dp/B00W4JBTWS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

“The Story of Jack the Strangler” (Dayton Unknown) 2016.

https://daytonunknown.com/2016/07/29/the-story-of-jack-the-strangler/

“Hands Give Definite Clew” (The Cincinnati Enquirer) 1909.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/33379131/?terms=Mary%20Forschner&match=1

“’COLD SERIAL: The Jack the Strangler Murders; Come Alive in Brian Forschner’s Gripping True Crime Saga” by Patrick H. Moore (All Things Crime) 2015.

https://allthingscrimeblog.com/2015/09/14/cold-serial-the-jack-the-strangler-murders-come-alive-in-brian-forschners-gripping-true-crime-saga/

“A Serial Killer in Dayton’s History?” by Lauren Clark (WHIOTV7) 2016.

https://www.whio.com/news/local/serial-killer-dayton-history/KqNIpQWIlWwZYfLc3FSVkN/

“Dayton Strangler” (Wikipedia)

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

“3 Women Attacked By Fiend” (The Kentucky Post and Times) 1909.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/760476956/?terms=Mary%20Forschner&match=1

(The Indianapolis Journal) 1900.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1900-10-15/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1900&sort=date&rows=20&words=Ada+Lantz&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=2&state=&date2=1901&proxtext=Ada+Lantz&y=16&x=14&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

(Evening times-Republican) 1900.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1900-10-16/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1900&sort=date&rows=20&words=Ada+Lantz&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=3&state=&date2=1901&proxtext=Ada+Lantz&y=16&x=14&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

“Thought to be a Murderer” (The Washington Times) 1901.