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Alayna Urquhart

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
875 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

That gives him like spotlight.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

Despite this, other newspapers, however, remained less thorough in their coverage.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

According to Jeffrey Wells, the journal's main competition, the Atlantic Constitution, quote, still reported the death of Watts as it had the other murders as isolated incidents with no connection and certainly no mention of a serial killer.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

Yeah, and it's the same manner of death.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

So the noticeable discrepancy between how the papers covered the murders continued a few weeks later when the body of Lizzie Watkins was discovered in the brush at the corner of White and Lawson streets on June 27th.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

She was killed the same exact way as the other victims.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

According to Wells, the Atlanta Journal, quote, gave front page attention to the city's newest arch criminal, going so far as to begin examining the similarities between the murders.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

The Atlanta Constitution, on the other hand, continued their trend of sparse coverage.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

And he said only this time and managed to add its own spin, citing that it was certain the death was the result of alcohol or drugs.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

I'm sorry, what?

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

So all of them?

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

While many among the press and police had speculated that the murders were committed by a killer similar to Jack the Ripper, there had yet to be any evidence or witness that could tie the cases together, which is hard.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

This changed on July 2nd when the Ripper struck again but left an eyewitness.

Morbid
The Atlanta Ripper

On the evening of the 2nd, 40-year-old Lena Sharp and her 20-year-old daughter Emma Lou... Shut the fuck up.