Episode #5 - "Kids Who Kill" - The Torture Murder of Sylvia Likens

Welcome to Episode #5 - Kids Who Kill - The Torture Murder of Sylvia Likens.

I have been waiting for this episode.  Growing up in Indianapolis, I've heard of this case my entire life.  My interest in this case took off in 2008, when I learned that my children's paternal grandparents knew some of the kids in the neighborhood and that their grandma's brother knew Sylvia's sister, Diana.  It's a hell of a story, and I wish it were only a work of fiction, not the fate of a young girl in the prime of her life.

The Sunday before I began recording the episode, I decided to visit her grave.  I bought a small bouquet of flowers (the yellow lillies called out to me) to take for her.  She's buried in Oak Hill Cemetary in Lebanon, IN, a small town just north west of Indianapolis off of I-65.  Following a map I'd found from the website sylvialikens.com, I found her grave.  I grabbed the flowers and walked up to her grave, which is not far from the street.  Her headstone was easy to spot as someone had left a small pot of fake flowers, which also had yellow lillies!  Someone had left a rock that says you are loved and change all around her name.  It was very sweet.  I sat down and began to talk.  Then I began to cry.  For an hour.

So you can put names to faces, here are some of the photos of those involved:

        

Sylvia, during happier times

As she was found the day she died.

 

Jenny and Betty Likens sitting with Prosecutor Leroy New

 

Diana, Sylvia and Jenny's older sister

 

Gertrude Baniszewski after her arrest.  

 Gertrude during her second trial.  Notice the difference.  Prison was good to her.  She got three hots and a cot, something even Sylvia didn't get.

 

Gertrude after her release from prison.  She should have died in there.

     

Paula Baniszewski's mugshot around the time of her escape from prison and her grown up.  She's always had a smug look on her face you just want to punch.

 

Stephanie Baniszewski

Shirley Baniszewski

Marie Baniszewski

John Baniszewski, Jr.

    

Coy Hubbard as a young man, and an old man.

Ricky Hobbs

     

The house at 3850 E. New York St.  Inside the house, an absolute mess.

The Sylvia Likens Memorial in Willard Park

 

 

The Advocacy Center in Lebanon:

 


More photos:

 

     Jenny and Leroy New

 Jenny at the parole board hearing

 

Map of Oak Hill Cemetery and the location of Sylvia's grave.

Thanks for listening!  Tune in next time for Episode #6 - "Family Annihilators"

Don't be a dick!

Episode #4 - "Famous Serial Killers" - Tommy Lynn Sells

Hey everyone!  Thanks for tuning into the Wheel Of Crime Podcast!  I'm your host, Megan. 

This week's case was a particularly nasty one.  I'm going to show pictures of only the perpetrator and the girl who helped put him to death.  His victims were numerous and you can look up more info on the murders and things he did on the internet. 

 

 

Prison wasn't kind to Tommy apparently.  His appearance vastly changed over the course of his imprisonment.

Krystal:

 

Brave brave girl right there.

Join us next episode when we talk about kids who kill!!!

Episode #3 - Wrestling Murders - Dino, Gino and Verne

Thanks for tuning into Episode #3 of the Wheel of Crime Podcast. 

So what did you think?  Chris did a great job, I love listening to him talk about wrestling, he's very knowledgeable and great on the mic!  Thanks, Chris!

Here are a few pics of the guys we talked about this episode:

Dino Bravo:

A young and brunette Dino

 

Dino with The Mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart...I actually had this card

 Gino Hernandez:

 

Gino and Chris Adams

 

Verne Gagne:

 

Verne Gagne and Bruno Sanmartino

Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Wheel of Crime Podcast!  Come back next time for Episode #4, Famous Serial Killers!

Episode #2 - "God Made Me Do It" - Religously Motivated Crime

So here it is, episode #2!  All about religiously motivated crimes.

We discuss the cases of two Texas women, Dena Schlosser and Andrea Yates.


Dena:

Baby Margaret "Maggie"


Andrea:

Thanks for listening!  Next Episode will be Wrestling Deaths!  Join us next time!