Episode 50 – Originally Published April 2018
Content Warning: This episode contains adult subject matter, including discussions about addiction, sexual assault and murder, which may be upsetting to some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
On December 9, 2010, a headline in the Philadelphia daily news read “For Hookers, fear of attack is a constant companion.” Hookers. This headline reduced them to nothing more than what they did to make money, something I doubt would have happened if they were lawyers, doctors, or corporate executives.
These women worked the stroll, a section of Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia under the L train in North Philadelphia, and they were being hunted. By the time that article was published, two women had been murdered. They were raped, strangled, and left alone in trash ridden vacant lots. A few weeks later a third body was found. Someone way preying on the women in Kensington, watching them, watching, and waiting to choose his next victim. This is the story of Elaine Goldberg, Nicole Piacentini and Casey Mahoney, three young women who were victims of the Kensington Strangler.
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