The Johnston Brothers

About this episode

The episode explores the downfall of the Johnston Brothers, a criminal gang in Pennsylvania during the 1970s, due to a motel rape and paranoia.

In the 1970's The Johnstons were Pennsylvania's own modern day James-Younger Gang, until a motel rape and murderous paranoia brought them down. Find out how, only on Kinda Murdery! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kinda-murdery-true-crime-murder-stories--5496890/support . Zevon Odelberg is a true crime podcast host and disability advocate. Zevon has cerebral palsy and he wants Kinda Murdery to be welcoming community for people with disabilities and for people living with challenges of any kind. Life can be hard, but being together makes it better.

People in this episode

Host: Zevon Odelberg

Topics covered

• true crime
• murder stories
• 1970s crime
• criminal gangs
• paranoia
• Pennsylvania

Keywords

• Johnston Brothers
• true crime
• murder
• 1970s
• Pennsylvania
• crime investigation
• James-Younger Gang

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spreaker

Books & works: Kinda Murdery

Places: Pennsylvania

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