DOM Ep376 - Saving Face: Alex Mengel's Reign of Terror
From Dawn of Mantis: True Crime, Mysteries and More by Dawn of Mantis Podcast
May 1, 2026 · 1h 1m
About this episode
The episode discusses Alex Mengel's violent crime spree in 1985, which began with a traffic stop and ended with multiple fatalities.
Send us Fan Mail In February of 1985, in Yonkers, New York, Alex Mengel quickly escalated a routine traffic stop to the murder of a police officer. Followin that, he engaged in a short lived crime spree that took the life of an innocent woman, and didn't end until he himself was finally killed. (Subject Matter Begins @ 5:37) Support the show
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Host: Dawn of Mantis Podcast
Topics covered
- true crime
- murder
- crime spree
- police
- 1980s
- Yonkers
Keywords
- Alex Mengel
- murder
- police officer
- crime spree
- Yonkers
- 1985
- true crime
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Places: Yonkers, New York
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