Episode 153: The Unicorn Killer (Case of Ira Einhorn)


 

Unicorns are mystical creatures. They are so rare that most of us wouldn’t know what do if we came across one.

When the inmates heard that the Unicorn Killer was joining them - they were terrified.

Most of them had heard of the Unicorn, heard the whispers. How even the CIA was terrified of the Unicorn. How the Unicorn evaded capture for 20 years.

But nobody could answer the one pressing question the inmates had - what happens when you come face to face with a real life Unicorn?

Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

Source notes:

Book: “The Unicorn’s Secret” - by Steven Levy

*Amazing deep dive on the case

I highly recommend this book!

https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/ira-einhorn

https://time.com/5242190/earth-day-founder/

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/18/us/ex-fugitive-convicted-in-25-year-old-murder.html?ref=iraeinhorn

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/ira-einhorn-dead.html

https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fnation%2Farticle%2F0%2C8599%2C168382%2C00.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a27/esq1299-dec-ira-einhorn/

https://web.archive.org/web/20100831230541/http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2002/10/18/einhorn/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/apr/12/features11.g24

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/ira-einhorn-dead.html

https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/einhorn-ira.htm

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42711922#.U_qrdvboct4

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/04/22/ira-einhorn-not-founder-earth-day/

DISCLAIMER: Some links are listed in the source material but the material may never be discussed in the podcast (I just wanted to list them because they gave me a deeper picture of the case in full). If there are un-verifiable sources (ie Reddit) - they are typically referred to as un-verified sources, opinions, and or theories in the podcast and not treated as fact.

 
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