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The Donut Shop Murders | Donuts and Death

The Donut Shop Murders | Donuts and Death

FromFamilies Who Kill


The Donut Shop Murders | Donuts and Death

FromFamilies Who Kill

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jan 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Lifelong petty thieves Carl Taylor and Sherman McCrary, facing heat in their hometown of Athens, Texas, gather their family and take to the highways in search of criminal opportunities in the American West. In Utah, Carl and Sherman’s small-time cons suddenly escalate when they rob and kidnap 17-year-old Sheri Martin from a Winchell’s Donut Shop, killing her in the Nevada desert. The men’s bloodthirst is awakened.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Jan 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (7)

New episodes come out every Tuesday for free starting 1/4. Wondery+ subscribers can binge the entire series, right now, early and ad-free.In the era of some of the most heinous serial killers of all time, one murderous family went curiously unnoticed: The McCrarys. Led by a psychopathic patriarch and his cunning son-in-law, this Texas clan roamed the country robbing, kidnapping, and killing up to 20 people, most of them taken from donut shops. “Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders” recounts the wild and deeply disturbing story of an unhinged American family and the terrible brutality they unleashed. The podcast features the taped confessions of one of the killers, given when he was serving a life term in Colorado.