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158 Eric Locke, Deadeye Dickhead

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Eric later admitted he had killed Sonya, but police found a rope, duct tape, and a phone-charger ligature mark.

1. Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer covers Eric Locke and the 2014 killing of Sonia Blount in Dublin, Ireland. 2. Bill is solo because Sandra is on vacation in Ireland, and he says he is reading from handwritten notes. 3. The episode centers on Internet stalking, a fake dating identity, and Eric's claim that Sonia was not his girlfriend. 4. Eric Locke was born in 1982 in Clondalkin, Ireland, a small town outside Dublin, and Bill says he came from a working-class family. 5. As a child, Eric was treated for hyperactivity, made lists about everything, and underwent failed surgery for a deformed urethra. 6. Bill says Eric became charming with women, had short relationships, and later lived with his parents at age 31. 7. In 2013, Eric got a job at a glue factory in Tallaght, where he met Sonia Blount. 8. Sonia was 31, had worked there for 10 years, had a toddler, and had helped raise four younger siblings after her parents divorced. 9. Bill says Sonia was not looking for a relationship, but Eric won her over for a short time. 10. The first major rupture came after a pub date, when Eric insulted Sonia with words including 'whore,' 'slut,' and 'bitch.' 11. After that night, Eric sent dozens of apology texts and later used a hotel-room rope message to make Sonia worry about him. 12. Bill compares Sonia's response to a wellness check and notes that police used Ireland's Mental Health Act after tracing the call. 13. Eric then began messaging Sonia through a new online identity named Shane Cully. 14. Sonia asked for a selfie to make sure Shane was not Eric, and friends and coworkers warned her to be careful. 15. On 15 February 2014, Sonya arranged a hotel date after her son's birthday party and waited while Shane kept asking her to leave a key card. 16. Eric arrived instead, later left the hotel alone, and CCTV showed him covering his face and riding the elevator down. 17. Cleaning staff found Sonia with blood on her face, fabric in her mouth, a ligature mark on her neck, bloody towels, and a murder kit in the room. 18. Bill says Eric turned himself in, admitted to the murder, and later claimed the death happened during consensual sex and an attempted suicide. 19. The episode sounds like a solo true-crime recap, with Bill mixing case facts, personal asides, and blunt commentary about Eric's behavior. 20. Listeners who like stalking cases, Irish true crime, and courtroom outcomes will get the most from it; listeners wanting a tightly edited, serious tone may skip it.

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