The Gorilla Killer - Earle Nelson - Part 2

The Gorilla Killer - Earle Nelson - Part 2

From Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast by Ben Gibson

April 10, 2026 · 48 min · Episode 381

About this episode

The episode discusses a series of murders of women renting rooms in the 1920s across the US and Canada, highlighting the lack of communication between local investigations.

Starting in 1926, women renting out rooms began turning up dead in cities across the United States and into Canada. In each case, the circumstances were nearly identical, the victim had let someone into her home, and the encounter ended in violence. At the time, there was no system in place to connect cases across jurisdictions, so each investigation stayed local. Police followed leads within their own cities, unaware that similar scenes were unfolding elsewhere. It would take time before anyone realized these weren’t isolated incidents, but part of a pattern moving from place to place. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=u Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=true Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrim Website: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/

People in this episode

Host: Ben Gibson

Topics covered

  • true crime
  • serial killers
  • historical crime
  • investigation
  • murder cases

Keywords

  • Earle Nelson
  • murder
  • true crime
  • 1926
  • serial killer
  • investigation
  • women victims

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Organizations: FEARFUL, Wicked and Grim

Places: United States, Canada

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