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30 years in prison for these charges. In a later trial, Engleman was also convicted of damaging a vehicle in interstate commerce by means of an explosive, also in relation to
Barrera's death, and had 30 years added to his sentence. Engleman was accused of the murder by Barrera's son Frederick. Engleman was also convicted in state court of capital murder for killing Berrera, receiving a life sentence with no possibility of parole for 50 years after jurors spared him a death sentence.
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400:. Edna Ruth Bullock (née Ball) and James Bullock were married on June 28, 1958, and had been married for five and half months on the date he was murdered. Edna Ruth Bullock was Engleman's ex-wife prior to her marriage with James Bullock. She collected $ 64,000 (equivalent to $ 676,000 in 2023) from James Bullock's life insurance.
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Louis Dental
Laboratory and to whom Engleman owed over $ 14,000 (equivalent to $ 52,000 in 2023), was killed in a car bomb explosion. On 25 September 1980, a jury in federal court found Engleman guilty of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in the murder of Barrera. He was sentenced to
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she had taken out on her husband Ronald, who was the sole heir to his parents' oil business. Boyle collected approximately $ 340,000 (equivalent to $ 1,710,000 in 2023) following her husband's murder. Boyle was convicted in her husband's murder but was acquitted of killing his parents. She was
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1963: Engleman is suspected in the murder of Eric Frey, a business associate of
Engleman's at Pacific Drag Strip, a business in which Frey and Engleman were partners. Engleman struck Frey with a rock, pushed him down a well and used dynamite to blow him up afterwards. He then divided the insurance
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Engleman would use his financial worth, sex and charm to manipulate women he was close to, ex-wives, lovers and his dental assistant, in helping him formulate and execute elaborate murder schemes. This led to one of his lovers, Barbara Boyle, being convicted as an accomplice and serving just under
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1976: Peter J. Halm was shot in
Pacific, Missouri. His wife, Carmen Miranda Halm, a former dental assistant trainee who had worked for Engleman and known him since childhood, ordered the hit to collect on a $ 60,000 (equivalent to $ 321,000 in 2023) life insurance policy on Halm. Engleman was
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Vernita Gusewelle were killed by Englemen at their farmhouse near Edwardsville, Illinois, Arthur having been shot and Vernita having been bashed to death. Seventeen months later Engleman murdered the Gusewelles' son Ronald in
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1299:"Deadly Dentists," a series on the Investigation Discovery Channel, will focus on the South Side dentist who was convicted of several murders and suspected in a handful more over more than 20 years.
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1076:"THIS WEEK IN SOUTH SIDE HISTORY: Southside dentist left trail of murder victims"
318:(February 6, 1927 – March 3, 1999) was an American dentist, contract killer, and
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695:"WEEKEND SHOWCASE;NEWLN:Murdering dentist called Dr. Engleman and Mr. Hyde"
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1017:"United States v. Engleman, 489 F. Supp. 48 | Casetext Search + Citator"
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1214:"Nonfiction Book Review: Appointment with Murder by Susan Crain Bakos"
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759:"Was the Movie THE DENTIST Based on an Actual Series of Murders?"
1245:"The True Crime Story Behind Cult Horror Favorite 'The Dentist'"
1136:"The Nevada Daily Mail | Murder-for-hire plotter dies in prison"
913:. Paddock Publications, Inc. Associated Press. 19 October 2009.
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Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States 1980
1279:"South Side's 'deadly dentist' to be featured on cable series"
987:"FindACase™ | 06/14/82 STATE MISSOURI v. GLENNON E. ENGLEMAN"
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943:. EDWARDSVILLE: Paddock Publications, Inc. 19 October 2009.
881:"PEOPLE v. BOYLE | 161 Ill. App.3d 1054 (1987) | Leagle.com"
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937:"Wife who killed husband out of prison -- Daily Herald"
566:. St. Louis, Missouri: Bernard Becker Medical Library.
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907:"Wife who killed husband out of prison – Daily Herald"
826:. EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. Associated Press. 20 June 1985.
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178:Conspiracy to commit mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 371)
1189:"Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction"
967:"Former Dentist Pleads Guilty To Three Slayings"
820:"Former Dentist Pleads Guilty To Three Slayings"
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540:List of serial killers in the United States
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560:"WU School of Dental Medicine Alumni List"
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337:that occurred in Illinois. Engleman was a
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849:HORRELL, STEVE (26 June 2002).
801:from the original on 2022-01-07
529:, which aired December 8, 2017.
1157:BOVSUN, MARA (8 August 2015).
855:The Edwardsville Intelligencer
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372:He graduated in dentistry at
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1424:Serial killers from Illinois
1106:"FBI Files | Deadly Dentist"
665:American Antiquarian Society
645:American Antiquarian Society
598:"Boyle released from prison"
500:Story of the Killing Dentist
404:proceeds with Frey's widow.
174:Mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 371)
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35:1980 mugshot of Engleman
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316:Glennon Edward Engleman
45:Glennon Edward Engleman
496:Appointment for Murder
398:Saint Louis Art Museum
354:Appointment for Murder
1354:20th-century dentists
824:www.apnewsarchive.com
209:60 years imprisonment
1249:Oxygen Official Site
1218:PublishersWeekly.com
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911:prev.dailyherald.com
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887:. 30 September 1987
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