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I Love The 90s: True Crime (Patreon)

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What 15 true crime cases not just defined the decade, but reflected themes we've discussed so far in Lexual Does The 90s (and will discuss in future episodes)?

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Sources and Further References

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-06-30/gardner-museum-theft-remains-art-world-s-biggest-mystery https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/19/arts/boston-thieves-loot-a-museum-of-masterpieces.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/11/13/man-linked-gardner-museum-heist-set-free/HHwDXfUA13gcBZmdKXLrkJ/story.html?event=event12

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/boston/press-releases/2013/fbi-provides-new-information-regarding-the-1990-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-heist

https://mcnsarticles.blogspot.com/2003_11_09_archive.html

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/historic-footage-connected-to-gardner-museum-burglary-released-public-assistance-sought

https://www.npr.org/2015/03/13/392567024/former-security-guard-reflects-on-what-he-lost-one-fateful-night

https://www.newspapers.com/image/439386880/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/us/richard-abath-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/26/nyregion/fire-bronx-87-die-blaze-illegal-club-police-arrest-ejected-patron-worst-new-york.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/nyregion/julio-gonzalez-arsonist-who-killed-87-at-new-york-club-in-90-dies-at-61.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/08/nyregion/slide-from-riches-for-landlord-in-happy-land-case.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/09/nyregion/shock-lingers-as-happy-land-trial-starts.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-26-mn-61-story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/29/nyregion/fire-in-the-bronx-7-victims-their-stories-struggles-and-dreams-of-better-lives.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/03/17/mourners-confront-the-former-girlfriend-of-happy-land-social-club-arsonist-in-1990/

https://shoeleather.podcasts.library.columbia.edu/podcast/happy-land/

1991

https://www.denverpost.com/2013/06/10/james-king-key-figure-in-mystery-of-denver-fathers-day-massacre-dies/

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/denver7-archive-inside-the-investigation-into-the-colorado-fathers-day-bank-massacre

https://people.com/archive/a-bloody-sunday-vol-36-no-4/

1992

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-31-mn-1053-story.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/01/08/on-july-29-tempo-reported-a-case/

https://web.archive.org/web/20070822035659/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/young/shanda_sharer/5c.html

https://www.wave3.com/story/18573121/shanda-sharers-mother-and-murderer-form-unlikely-alliance/

1993

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/arts/television/lorena-bobbitt-documentary-jordan-peele.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/01/13/lorena-bobbitt-details-demise-of-marriage/1b1487f0-769f-4d13-a85e-4670b722f1b0/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/01/07/marine-records-on-abuse-may-figure-in-bobbitt-trial/c2a834e8-6a9e-4223-b8d9-56cc924d293f/

https://www.insideedition.com/lorena-bobbitt-and-john-bobbitt-true-story-behind-case-played-out-soap-opera-50706

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/10/17/Lorena-Bobbitt-meets-Ecuador-president/3574845524800/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/03/01/lorena-bobbitt-released-from-mental-hospital/a3017782-19a4-47ae-a6c2-316f0d0f776d/

\https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/judge-declares-mistrial-in-castration-case-3045368.php https://www.jstor.org/stable/4316459

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/08/us/battle-of-sexes-joined-in-case-of-a-mutilation.html

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/lifestyle/2017/06/23/why-was-john-wayne-bobbitt/7342293007/

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/article277525813.html

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article277173683.html

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19940314&slug=1900185

https://www.crimemagazine.com/serial-killer-cops-ignored-henry-louis-wallace-murders

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/article277172618.html

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article275052256.html

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/mothers-murdered-offspring-founder-reflects-after-30-years-talks-about-expansion-organization/SU6QZASHKVH5VIZYWPVOPSEWHA/

https://apnews.com/article/us-news-california-samuel-little-3b63489aa94bebe08120a3b76393d7ee

https://www.newspapers.com/image/626567227/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/626589294/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/626546020/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/626578625/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/627924859/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/626566248/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/626994054/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/626982064/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/627001650/

1994

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_012394.htm

https://www.oregonlive.com/tonya-harding/2014/01/tonya_harding-nancy_kerrigan_2.html

https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/01/24/on-thin-ice-as-the-olympics-loomed-nancy-kerrigan-was-back-on-skates-and-tonya-harding-was-under-siege

https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/02/14/anatomy-of-a-plot-even-in-their-version-of-events-which-differs-from-tonya-hardings-the-confessed-conspirators-in-the-nancy-kerrigan-assault-were-at-once-goons-and-buffoons

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_012394.htm

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1887592-harding-kerrigan-20-years-later-remembering-the-stunning-life-changing-attack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUMQrLy_uY https://vault.si.com/vault/1992/01/13/not-your-average-ice-queen-a-troubled-past-hasnt-stopped-tonya-harding-from-becoming-a-figure-skating-champion

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/17/sports/figure-skating-kerrigan-attacker-and-accomplice-sent-to-jail.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/02/09/portland-city-under-seige/90e1cfc6-3b86-40a6-9934-6b50c9c0e9ae/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/02/21/tonya-harding-fan-club-susan-orlean

https://vault.si.com/vault/1992/03/02/stiring

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/11/07/threat-adds-to-hardings-list-of-woes/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/03/29/world-judges-smile-on-us-skaters/

https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/05/22/in-1994-garbage-dumped-at-a-portland-bar-helped-solve-a-notorious-fbi-case/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/177282966/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/801458670/

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/24/sports/figure-skating-the-harding-fan-club-has-a-song-in-its-heart.html

https://www.wweek.com/archive/2024/01/06/the-tonya-harding-story-brought-out-the-bestand-the-worstin-the-news-media/

https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1338&context=anthro_faculty_pubs

https://web.archive.org/web/20070709024550/http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/95/05/21/legend.html

https://www.newsweek.com/born-border-184270

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/selenaalbum.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/01/obituaries/grammy-winning-singer-selena-killed-in-shooting-at-texas-motel.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20170519020724/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/selena-killer-30-years-article-1.703778

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/09/nyregion/death-128th-street-dispute-plans-evict-record-shop-owner-roiled-residents.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-09-mn-12115-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/18/us/life-resistance-special-report-gunman-s-ardent-credo-black-self-sufficiency.html?pagewanted=all

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/16/nyregion/for-owner-of-harlem-clothing-store-a-collision-of-two-differentworlds.html

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1995/12/10/issue.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/941139632/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/233509569/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-14-na-clemency14-story.html

https://www.newsweek.com/should-louis-jones-die-132259

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-19-na-execute19-story.html https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/132/232/469339/

1996

https://nytimes.com/2019/08/26/us/epstein-farmer-sisters-maxwell.html

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maria-farmer-new-york-art-academy-1610506

https://hyperallergic.com/508823/jeffrey-epstein/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/epstein-accuser-holds-victorias-secret-billionaire-responsible-as-he-keeps-his-distance/2019/10/05/1b6baf6c-d0d3-11e9-b29b-a528dc82154a_story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/business/jeffrey-epstein-wexner-victorias-secret.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041656/http://www.crimemagazine.com/murder-jonben%C3%A9t-ramsey

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-sep-28-ca-27182-story.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/09/jonbenet-ramsey-murder-20-year-anniversary-online-detectives

https://people.com/archive/cover-story-mystery-couple-vol-48-no-14/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-29-mn-27420-story.html

https://www.westword.com/news/john-mark-karr-alexis-valoran-reich-my-passion-is-my-work-with-children-5889469

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/10/us/jonbenet-s-mother-was-killer-detective-says.html

1997

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a14442138/who-is-andrew-cunanan-gianni-versace-murderer/

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1997/may/22/cover-la-jolla-gentlemen-and-the-party-boy/

https://content.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,138062,00.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1997/09/cunanan199709

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/a15045343/gianni-versace-murder-death-true-story/#:~:text=Andrew%20Cunanan%20shot%20Gianni%20Versace,more%20than%20two%20months%20earlier.

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/19/us/first-killing-may-offer-clues-to-four-others.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/24/nyregion/disputes-and-legalisms-are-put-aside-as-friends-and-family-grieve.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/24/nyregion/betty-shabazz-a-rights-voice-dies-of-burns.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/09/nyregion/grandson-of-betty-shabazz-is-sentenced-to-a-juvenile-center.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/06/nyregion/for-malcolm-x-s-grandson-a-clouded-path.html

https://people.com/crime/vili-fualaau-split-mary-kay-letourneau-he-sees-things-clearly/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-29-ls-45407-story.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/mary-kay-letourneau-vili-fualauu-relationship-media-child-rape-tryst-1025466/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/02/07/parole-revoked-ex-teacher-sent-to-prison-in-teen-sex-case/ed36067d-b2b7-49f6-962e-241b15ff579b/

https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/mary-kay-letourneau-always-seems-ready-for-her-close-up-from-mocking-her/

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1998/feb/13/groupies-swarm-around-letourneau-case-strangers/

https://www.salon.com/2000/01/27/letourneau/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/92396723/?clipping_id=46316286&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjkyMzk2NzIzLCJpYXQiOjE3MTE5NTA0MDksImV4cCI6MTcxMjAzNjgwOX0.uEVzhUvZCj49zGG9niiwFTmLT6avQjHKf43n1kTI8HA

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/98110567/

1998

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/04/what-happens-to-a-school-shooters-sister

https://www.carnegiehero.org/from-the-archives-17-year-old-disarms-high-school-shooter-in-oregon/

https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/local/2023/05/20/25-years-thurston-high-school-mass-shooting-springfield-mikael-nickolauson-benjamin-walker-kinkel/70232948007/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kip-kinkel-is-ready-to-speak_n_60abd623e4b0a2568315c62d

https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/citizen_engagement/Reports/2004IG_Measure_11.pdf

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/205507.pdf

https://squareonejustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CJLJ8431-Square-One-Youth-Prisons-Paper-200828-2-WEB.pdf

https://www.newspapers.com/image/161441399/?clipping_id=31142578&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE2MTQ0MTM5OSwiaWF0IjoxNzExNzY3ODkwLCJleHAiOjE3MTE4NTQyOTB9.w3U_fAebZL8oNLG1XIJJySrk21GdWWkZuK5AEZNDjbI

1999

https://web.archive.org/web/20060213230320/http://www.davidclemens.com/gaymilitary/rolstobarry.htm

https://books.google.com/books?id=s2QEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40-IA7&#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/12/us/for-gay-soldier-a-daily-barrage-of-threats-and-slurs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/28/magazine/an-inconvenient-woman.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/02/us/pentagon-orders-training-to-prevent-harassment-of-gays.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1015381550/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/194785832/

https://web.archive.org/web/20210410215945/https://vault.si.com/vault/1999/12/27/firstdegree-tragedy-rae-carruth-was-a-gifted-but-unassuming-wide-receiver-for-the-panthers-now-he-stands-accused-of-ordering-the-murder-of-his-pregnant-girlfrienda-horrific-crime-that-like-carruth-himself-remains-shrouded-in-my

ps://www.si.com/nfl/2015/01/07/si-60-the-boy-they-couldnt-kill-rae-carruth-son

https://www.courttv.com/title/83-nc-v-carruth-cindy-gresham-barbara-turner-tiffany-adams/

https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=99973&page=1

https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100123&page=1

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/page/Mag15nightgames/ex-panther-wideout-rae-carruth-center-scandal-charlotte-nc-espn-magazine-archives

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/21/sports/football-cries-of-victim-open-carruth-s-trial.html

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article219417845.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrV2vgI7r-A

https://web.archive.org/web/20220108231043/https://deadspin.com/rae-carruth-the-women-who-loved-him-and-the-one-he-wa-747347792

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article251584383.html

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article282906678.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20220108231043/https://deadspin.com/rae-carruth-the-women-who-loved-him-and-the-one-he-wa-747347792

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/204834/wiggins-v-boyette/?q=%22Rae%20Carruth%22

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/5001924/Transcript-of-911-call-from-Cherica-Adams.pdf

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article247114257.html

https://6abc.com/rae-carruth-son-released-cherica-adams-net-worth/4548020/

https://www.courttv.com/trials/nc-v-carr

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