Serial Killers

The Bobbitts: What The Viral '90s Story Left Out 2026-11-02 08:00:00

In the early hours of the morning, Lorena Bobbitt takes a kitchen knife to her sleeping husband’s penis. Instead of waiting to hear the real story, the world turned the tragedy into the butt of every joke.

Sources for this episode include:

Lorena (Docuseries; Amazon) dir. Joshua Rofé
Contemporaneous reporting by The New York Times and Vanity Fair

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