Introducing Run, Bambi, Run
Introducing Run, Bambi, Run
It’s 1979 and a 21-year-old named Laurie Bembenek has signed up for the Milwaukee police academy, joining the first wave... Read more
11 Apr 2022
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String of Women
String of Women
Convicted of the murder of her husband’s ex-wife, Laurie Bembenek escaped Wisconsin’s only womens’ prison in 1990. A nat... Read more
11 Apr 2022
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