Episode 69: The Walgreens Killers (Case of Patricia Columbo & Frank Deluca)
When you step into this Walgreens it feels like any other - aisles filled with cosmetics, household goods, and a pharmacy. The employees are kind but they’re harboring their own dark secrets.
The woman in cosmetics had inappropriate relations with a German Shepherd and her ex boyfriend refuses to get rid of the incriminating pictures.
The store manager has a deadly liking for underage girls.
Another employee is plotting the murder of 3 people.
But is this really more sinister than your local Walgreens?
Source notes:
Book - “Love’s Blood” - by Clark Howard
^This was a really good book and the author had countless interviews with Patricia but there are some points in the book where it got too graphic… Also the book does feel a bit biased in favor of Patricia. If you’re okay with all of that - it is one of the deepest dives into this case that I could find anywhere.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-young-woman-and-her-married-lover-kill-her-family
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-110302-patricia-columbo-pictures-photogallery.html
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170110/news/170119902/
https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/columbo-patricia.htm
https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/the-crimes-of-patricia-columbo-89b0b31eaae1
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