Episode 101: The Chicken Coop Serial Killers (Case of Gordon Northcott)
“Ooooh Sanford get out here! I have a present for you - it’s in the bucket!” Sanford didn’t understand why his uncle was so giddy to be back to the chicken farm but he rushed outside.
He peered into the bucket for his surprise. Immediately he wanted to gag. Why did his uncle bring home road kill? Why did it look like the animal had a wig on?
“Look closer Sanford.” - Uncle Stew ordered.
And that’s when Sanford realized - this isn’t road kill. It’s not an animal. It’s the severed head of a young boy not much older than him…
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “The Road Out Of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders - by Anthony Flacco & Jerry Clark
Book: “Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life & Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott” - by James Jeffrey Paul
Show: “Body Farm” - by Evil Kin (Investigation Discovery)
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/wineville-chicken-coop-murders/
https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/northcott-photos-4.htm
https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/files/1929_0211_cover.jpg
https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/files/1928_0406_collins.jpg
http://www.usacitiesonline.com/camiralomahistory.htm
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