Samuel Little: The Most Prolific Serial Killer in U.S. History and the 68 Women Still Nameless
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This episode examines the case of Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, and the lives of the women he victimized, many of whom remain nameless.
Samuel Little is believed to be the most prolific serial killer in United States history , confessing to 93 murders across multiple states between the 1970s and early 2000s . For decades, many of his victims remained unidentified, their disappearances overlooked as Little traveled from city to city targeting vulnerable women. In this episode, we examine the disturbing case of Samuel Little and the women whose lives were taken during his forty-year killing spree. After his arrest in 2012, investigators uncovered shocking confessions from Little that revealed a pattern of violence stretching across the entire country. Many of his victims were Black women, women living in poverty, sex workers, or women struggling with addiction people whose disappearances often received little attention from authorities at the time. One of the most haunting pieces of evidence in this case came from detailed sketches Little drew from memory of the women he killed . These drawings have helped investigators identify some victims and reopen cold cases that had been unsolved for decades. But many of the women in those sketches are still unknown. Today, 21 victims have been identified , while dozens more…
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