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Podcast: Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast
Episode: 135 The Cleveland Strangler, Anthony Sowell
Description: Anthony Sowell was a very vicious, but lesser known serial killer. He was the worst serial killer in all of Cleveland’s history, and was dubbed ‘The Cleveland Strangler’ by the media. He had a rough childhood, and was abused by his mother, but he also abused his nieces, sexually. He joined the Marines, and should have stayed there. He was a good Marine. But after he got out, he turned to crack, and started
sexually assaulting women. In 1985, he kidnapped and raped and assaulted a woman who escaped, and he was sent to prison for 15 years for that. When h...