Courtside Criminal: The Serial Killer from St. John's

About this episode

The episode explores the case of Howell Donaldson III, a former basketball player turned serial killer in Tampa.

That's So Criminal looks into the case of Howell Donaldson III, the St. John's Basketball player turned serial killer who terrorized a Tampa neighborhood for months. Donaldson was once a stand-out basketball player in Tampa, who recently graduated for St. John's University in New York, but after returning to Florida he stood out for a different reason, murder. Four killings, four families forever changed and to this day nobody understands why. This is Courtside Criminal: The Serial Killer From St. John's. - - - Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://dailywire.com/subscribe Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• true crime
• serial killer
• basketball
• murder
• Tampa
• crime investigation

Keywords

• Howell Donaldson III
• serial killer
• St. John's Basketball
• Tampa murders
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St. John's University

Places: Tampa, Florida, New York

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