Luka Magnotta secured a particular brand of infamy when a 2010 video of him killing a pair of kittens went viral. But at that time, his name wasn’t known: just the image of his long brown bangs peaking out of a green hoodie. Just two years after his video was released, he committed his first murder. What do we know about Luka Magnotta? Listen to the episode to find out.
Born July 24th, 1982
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Sources for this episode include:
Netflix Documentary Series, “Don’t Fuck with Cats”
- https://toronto.citynews.ca/2012/06/20/world-knows-luka-magnotta-all-too-well-but-who-is-eric-newman/
- https://blogs.voanews.com/digital-frontiers/2012/06/05/a-sociopaths-online-trail/
- https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/magnotta-luka/timeline/timeline.html
- http://www.digitaljournal.com/blog/2957#ixzz6ca2moauP
- https://globalnews.ca/news/1714436/tracing-luka-magnottas-footsteps-the-making-of-a-killer/
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/new-light-shed-on-luka-magnottas-mental-health-shows-he-was-diagnosed-with-schizophrenia/article10713680/