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April 24, 2025 61 mins

This week, Amanda and Lauren take you on the wild ride of the infamous incident between Lorena Gallo (formerly Bobbitt) and John Wayne Bobbitt. 

Sources:

  • Refinery 29: “This Timeline Shows How Lorena Bobbitt Became a National Obsession” by Rachel Paige
  • The Independent: “Lorena Bobbitt, who cut off her husband’s penis, shares new revelations in documentary” by Meredith Clark
  • The Guardian: “‘I call us the Sisterhood of Ill Repute’: Amanda Knox on bonding with Monica Lewinsky and Lorena Bobbitt” by Amanda Knox (excerpt from her memoir)
  • ABC News: “John Bobbitt speaks out 25 years after wife infamously cut off his penis: ‘I want people to understand… the whole story’” by Lauren Effron and Sean Dooley
  • History.com: “This Day in History: Lorena Bobbitt maims her husband with a kitchen knife” 
  • The New Yorker: “The Lorena Bobbitt Story Offers New Lessons on Male Vulnerability” by Rebecca Mead
  • Fox9: “John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife sliced off his manhood, loses toes due to toxic water at Camp Lejeune” by Michael Ruiz
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline blog: “What Most People Missed When They Watched ‘Lorena’” by Leigh Goodmark
  • Wikipedia
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