Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea

Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea

Kudzu Killers is a true crime podcast featuring an honest-to-goodness southern gal sharing compelling tales of southern style homicide and ghoulish acts of terror.

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September 11, 2025 21 mins
Is this what we've become? A society of haters who believe that murder is okay as long as it suits their purposes? This week, Kim discusses recent events, where it seems that violence is okay, as long as you're taking out someone who doesn't look like you, or someone you don't agree with. This is an opinion episode rather than a regular episode. A new regular episode is coming in a few days. Thanks for listening. 
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William Bonin, known as the Freeway Killer or Freeway Strangler, terrorized the streets of Los Angeles and Orange Counties in a murderous rampage from 1979 to 1980, murdering at least 21 young men and boys. Before that, he had a long history of child molestation and was let out on parole twice. He was the first death row inmate to be executed by lethal injection in California. 
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Kudzu Killers is back! Kim has got a season planned of provative stories, and her sometimes controversial take on the crimes.

While you've most likely heard about the University of Idaho murders from back in 2022, and that the murderer accepted a plea deal of life without parole How much do you know about the victims? This episode hopes to let you know a little more about their lives, hopes, and dreams that will never be fulfilled. 
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February 1, 2022 17 mins
He doesn't fit the profile for a serial killer. He met his victims on a dating app...
...And he disposed of the bodies using a shopping cart. The Shopping Cart Killer this week on Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea
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July 9, 2021 19 mins
Morgan Nick was just 6 years old when she was abducted from a Little League park in Alma, Arkansas on June 9, 1995. Join Kim today on Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea to hear the details of the abduction and see if you can offer some information on her disappearance. Let's give this family closure.
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July 1, 2021 33 secs
Back with Season 2, all about unsolved cases and missing persons, and other things in between.
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March 23, 2021 28 mins
When Steven Stayner was kidnapped in 1972, the world watched as police and his family searched for him. Then he emerged a hero in 1980 when he rescued little Timmy White from suffering the same fate of torture, molestation and rape he'd endured for 7 years. Steven was hailed a hero. And then there was Cary, Steven's older brother...
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March 19, 2021 20 mins
With lethal injection and electrocution pretty much off the table in most states, some are reconsidering firing squad as a form of capital punishment. Is it really more humane than other methods of execution? You be the judge.
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Little is known about the case of Mississippi Serial Killer Gregory Davis, but Lark pieces together his crimes and the aftermath. Ever feel like you were being watched through the stacks?

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When two female hitchhikers were murdered in separate incidents on the same day back in 1982, the only evidence was some blood on a glove and a tissue. It took 39 years and many man-hours of genetic genealogy tracking to finally identify their killer. A man was arrested last week for their murders. More and more often, genetic genealogy databases are helping solve long-cold crimes. Tune in for the story of these two young women.
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Joe Arridy's IQ was 46, meaning he had the mental capacity of a 6-year-old. When he was arrested for the rape and murder of 15 year old Dorothy Drain in 1936, he didn't understand what was being asked in his interrogation. There were so many things indicating Joe's innocence, yet he was still convicted of murder and sentenced to death. This is Joe's story, and it begs the question, should those with diminished mental capacity be el...
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March 5, 2021 21 mins
What happens when a respected veteran medical examiner is found to have missed something major on an autopsy? Do you call into question every autopsy he performed in his 40 years of service? That's a decision being mulled over in Fort Worth, Texas as Dr. Marc Krouse faces suspension and inquiries into his reports after missing a vital piece of information in the examination of a murder victim. All opinions expressed are our own and...
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When Sylvia Likens's parents dropped her and her sister, Jenny, off at the home of Gertrude Baniszewski for a few months while they traveled, they never imagined the horrors their daughter would go through. Starvation finally claimed Sylvia's life, but not before months of horrendous torture at the hands of her substitute "mother." This is not one for the faint of heart. Listen with caution. Many triggers including torture, abuse, ...
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February 18, 2021 1 min
Sorry, folks. No Forensic Friday episode this week. Here's why, and have a wonderful weekend. See you next week! Stay safe and warm.
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February 16, 2021 30 mins
Christy Mirack was violently murdered in 1992 as she was getting ready for work. But who would kill the beloved 25-year-old school teacher? No one knew the answer for over 25 years. Then genetic genealogy stepped in.
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February 12, 2021 25 mins
In this story, that's still developing, Lark discusses the Facebook face-off of a small town police chief's mistresses, their comparing of notes, forged paperwork, and the downfall of a small town officer of the law.
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A series of unsolved homicides between 1986-1989 that still haunts us today. Young couples in love, going to their favorite parking spots, never expecting to be the next victims of a sadistic serial killer. Will we ever know who the killer really was?

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Instead of Forensic Friday, today we have Funny Friday. Stories of criminals being dumb. Really dumb.
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When three teenagers decided they wanted to make a human sacrifice to the devil in the hope it would make their heavy metal band famous, they chose the purest girl they knew: Elyse Pahler. But how they killed her, and what they did to her body afterward were truly horrific, and all done in the name of Satan.

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There is a term for women who fall in love with serial killers on death row: hybristophilia. From Ted Bundy to Richard Ramirez, some women go for the ultra bad boys. It's a complex psychological issue that Lark explains in this episode of Forensic Fridays.
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