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May 14
25m 13s

The Case of Robert Beckowitz

The Misery Machine
About this episode

This week, Drewby and Yergy travel back in time to 1982 Detroit to discuss two separate cases that rocked Motor City... Two cases with eerie similarities that happened just a month apart. However, it's the second case that sadly made headlines... but not for the reasons that it should have. It's a story drugs, betrayal, and a man named Robert who is just as much of a mystery in life as he was in death. 

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Source Material:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219672857/robert-beckowitz

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2024/03/27/detroit-1980s-archive-photos/73085603007/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2022/06/19/sunday-read-looking-back-at-the-deadly-1982-massacre-at-detroits-buhl-building/

https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/98ozt0/i_need_help_finding_a_name_of_a_killer/

https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_Murder_of_Robert_Beckowitz

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2.html

https://medium.com/@aeb2471/the-murder-of-robert-beckowitz-one-of-detroits-most-vile-cases-6870a4c7ac26

https://looflirpa372763086.wordpress.com/2020/07/10/the-devil-is-in-the-details/?source=post_page-----6870a4c7ac26---------------------------------------

https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f10/bizarre-sex-slaying-mutilation-robert-beckowitz-dumbest-people-alive-17092/ (CW: Pictures)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9155118/?ref_=tt_cst_t_2

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14653026/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72618546/gerald-stanislaus-beckowitz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Underground

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