EP194: The Lipstick Killer

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!In June 1946, 17-year-old William Heirens was arrested for burglary. During his lengthy interrogation which lasted six days, he confessed to some unsolved murders in the Chicago area, including one of a six-year-old girl. William eventually was convicted and died in prison. Listen to this week's story and decide for yourself If he was guilty of the crimes he was convicted of.

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SOURCES:
1) William Heirens Case: the 1940S Lipstick Killer by Shayne Regula
2) The Frightening Aspect of William Heirens' Story: a Vicious Killer Beneath the Façade of Normalcy by King Vecchia
3) Murderpedia
4) https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/heirens/bibli_8.html
5) https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/us/william-heirens-the-lipstick-killer-dies-at-83.html
6) https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-heirens-lipstick-killer
7) https://www.crimetraveller.org/2015/07/william-heirens-the-lipstick-killer/
8) https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3496&context=jclc