John List: podcast appearances and interviews

John Emil List was an American professor and convicted mass murderer. Born on September 17, 1925, he gained notoriety for the murder of his wife, mother, and three children at their home in Westfield, New Jersey, in November 1971. Following the murders, he disappeared and assumed a new identity, managing to evade law enforcement for nearly 18 years. During this time, he remarried and maintained a life under the false identity until he was apprehended in Virginia on June 1, 1989, after his case was featured on the television program America's Most Wanted. After extradition to New Jersey, List was convicted on five counts of first degree murder and received five consecutive life sentences, resulting in an incarceration period with no possibility of parole for nearly 125 years. His actions were motivated by financial problems and concerns over his family members' religious practices. List believed that killing his family would ensure their souls' salvation in heaven. His case remains one of the most infamous instances of familicide in American history.