Episode 21: The Cleveland Strangler

Neighbors thought the terrible smell was from the local sausage factory. Anthony Sowell tried to convince people it was from his elderly mother. But the real explanation was that Sowell, aka The Cleveland Strangler, had 11 decomposing bodies stashed around his house. This week's episode is The Cleveland Strangler.

SOURCES
Anthony Sowell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Sowell

Horrifying Cleveland Strangler Facts. Ranker: https://www.ranker.com/list/horrifying-cleveland-strangler-facts/amandasedlakhevener

Niece of Cleveland mayor lived with murder suspect Sowell, CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/09/cleveland.bodies/

Why court battle waged by families of Anthony Sowell victims matters to us all: Andrea Simakis, Cleveland.com: https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/07/why_court_battle_waged_by_fami.html

Cleveland Will Pay $1 Million to Families of Six Anthony Sowell Victims, CleveScene:https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/09/17/cleveland-will-pay-1-million-to-families-of-six-anthony-sowell-victims

Defense rests in trial of accused Ohio serial killer, CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/07/19/ohio.anthony.sowell.trial/index.html

Sowell’s Testimony 1, News 5 Cleveland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OeebMR816I