118. Lorena (Bobbitt) Gallo

This week, Amanda and Lauren take you on the wild ride of the infamous incident between Lorena Gallo (formerly Bobbitt) and John Wayne Bobbitt. 


Sources:

  • Refinery 29: “This Timeline Shows How Lorena Bobbitt Became a National Obsession” by Rachel Paige

  • The Independent: “Lorena Bobbitt, who cut off her husband’s penis, shares new revelations in documentary” by Meredith Clark

  • The Guardian: “‘I call us the Sisterhood of Ill Repute’: Amanda Knox on bonding with Monica Lewinsky and Lorena Bobbitt” by Amanda Knox (excerpt from her memoir)

  • ABC News: “John Bobbitt speaks out 25 years after wife infamously cut off his penis: ‘I want people to understand… the whole story’” by Lauren Effron and Sean Dooley

  • History.com: “This Day in History: Lorena Bobbitt maims her husband with a kitchen knife” 

  • The New Yorker: “The Lorena Bobbitt Story Offers New Lessons on Male Vulnerability” by Rebecca Mead

  • Fox9: “John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife sliced off his manhood, loses toes due to toxic water at Camp Lejeune” by Michael Ruiz

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline blog: “What Most People Missed When They Watched ‘Lorena’” by Leigh Goodmark

  • Wikipedia

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117. Brenda Spencer