Shankadelic's The Hole: Comprehensive Information on the Cast, Crew, Characters, and Episodes of Oz, HBO's fan favorite prison drama

A tally of every character that has ever died on Oz, both inside and outside the walls of Oswald State Correctional Facility, Level Four. Includes inmates, staff, family members, and everyone else, as well as flashback crimes. Whether it's shown or just referred to, it'll be in this section. So sit back, relax, and take a stroll down memory lane.

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The Victim: Eugene Dobbins
The Murderer: unknown assailant
How: stabbed repeatedly in the stomach and chest
Where: in Em City, during the riot
Why: all hell broke loose
Co-Conspirators: none

68

Episode Eight, but not revealed until Episode Nine

69

some time between Episodes Eight and Nine
The Victim: Scott Ross
The Murderer: Diane Whittlesey
How: shot with a SORT member Rick Heim's gun
Where: Em City, during the time that the SORT team entered
Why: Ross had shot McManus with Said's gun
Co-Conspirators: Rick Heim
The Victims: Carlos Rodrigo and three other prisoners, plus C.O.s Eddie Hunt and Anthony Nowokowski
The Murderers: either inmates or the SORT team (Rodrigo was definitely killed by SORT)
How: Rodrigo shot in the head, Hunt and Nowokowski shot in the back, three other inmates' cause of death unknown
Where: Em City, during Riot
Why: chaos
Co-Conspirators: none

70-75

between Episodes Eight and Nine

76

some time between Episode Eight & Nine, revealed in Episode Nine when Case talked to Miguel (a script excerpt that was not part of the episode -- if they filmed it, maybe it will be on the Season Two DVD)
The Victim: Ricardo Alvarez
The Murderer: none
How: Alzheimer's 
Where: in the hospital
Why: n/a
Co-Conspirators: none
The Victim: some guy
The Murderer: William Giles
How: a truck ran over him
Where: on a street
Why: Giles was trying to steal his car. When the guy tried to stop him, Giles pushed him in front of the truck.
Co-Conspirators: none

77

shown in William Giles' flashback, Episode Eleven

 

78

discussed by Beecher, Hill, Busmalis, and Rebadow, Episode Eleven

 
The Victim: Sister Pete's widow, Leonard Reimondo
The Murderer: Ron Bibi (revealed later)
How: pushed from the back of a truck, broke his neck
Where: on a street
Why:

cause unknown (even to Pete)
Co-Conspirators: none
The Victim: inmate Ron Bibi
The Murderer: William Giles
How: shanked
Where: in Gen Pop
Why: At first it was believed that back in '96 Giles stole some toothpaste from his roommate Bibi; Bibi caught him and Giles killed him (after which Giles was put in solitary). But it was later revealed that Bibi, the man who killed Sister Pete's husband Leonard, saw that Giles had seen him kill Leonard. For Giles, it was kill or be killed for being a witness. That, plus the fucker stole HIS toothpaste.
Co-Conspirators: none

79

discussed by Sister Pete and Glynn, Episode Eleven, true motive revealed in Episode Fourteen

80 & 81

shown in Alexander Vogel's flashback, Episode Eleven
The Victims: an elderly couple
The Murderer: Alexander Vogel
How: stabbed repeatedly
Where: on a street
Why:

part of mugging
Co-Conspirators: none
The Victim: Alexander Vogel
The Murderers: Vern Schillinger and Mark Mack
How: killed (unknown how), stripped naked, found hanging upside down with the word "Jew" carved in his chest
Where: the gym
Why: Aryan power play
Co-Conspirators: C.O. Metzger, who later got Hanlon to confess (and most likely arranged the murder)

82

Episode Eleven

83

discussed in Episode Eleven, shown in Episode Twelve

The Victim: Shirley Bellinger's four year old daughter
The Murderer: Bellinger
How: buckled her into her car seat, drove the car off a pier, and escaped while her daughter drowned
Where: a lake
Why: she thought her daughter was demonic, a child of Satan
Co-Conspirators: none
The Victim: "Freaky" (an Aryan)
The Murderer: Richie Hanlon
How: Hanlon accidentally shoved him over the second floor railing 
Where: Em City
Why: Freaky wanted a blowjob. Hanlon refused. When the Aryan persisted, Hanlon punched him and he fell over the railing.
Co-Conspirators: none

84

Episode Twelve

85

shown in Chris Keller's flashback, Episode Twelve

 
The Victim: store clerk
The Murderer: Chris Keller
How: shot
Where: outside the store
Why: Keller robbed the place. The clerk was trying to stop him.
Co-Conspirators: none
The Victim: some guy
The Murderer: Mark Glynn
How: beat him up and shot him
Where: on the outside
Why: forced by the Italians (he had owed some kind of debt to them)
Co-Conspirators: Peter Schibetta

86

shown in flashback, Episode Thirteen

87

shown in flashback, Episode Thirteen
The Victim: Genevieve Beecher
The Murderer: suicide, and just possibly maybe ol' Vern Schillinger (Vern brings up the possibility in Episode Fifteen)
How: asphyxiation
Where: locked herself in the garage, left the car running
Why: Genevieve blamed her husband Tobias, saying that he killed her (in a suicide note)
Co-Conspirators: possibly Schillinger and his men
The Victim: Preston Nathan, Gloria's husband
The Murderer: Cyril O'Reily
How: strangled with wire
Where: Cyril waited in Preston's car for him to enter and attacked him from the back seat
Why: at Ryan's request, because Ryan wanted Gloria's love all to himself (never mind that Gloria wasn't interested)
Co-Conspirators: Ryan O'Reily

88

referred to in Episode Thirteen, shown in flashback in Episode Fourteen

89

shown in El Cid's flashback, Episode Fourteen
The Victim: some guy
The Murderer: Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez
How: impaled with a rod
Where: on the outside
Why: possibly a rival gang member
Co-Conspirators: none
The Victim: another card player
The Murderer: Jiggy Walker
How: shot
Where: during a card game at what appeared to be a warehouse
Why: the other guy was about to shoot Jiggy for cheating (he had extra cards in his jacket), but Jiggy shot him first
Co-Conspirators: none

90

shown in Jiggy Walker's flashback, Episode Fourteen

 

91

shown in Antonio Nappa's flashback, Episode Fifteen

 
The Victim: some guy
The Murderer: Antonio Nappa
How: shot execution style
Where: strip club
Why: unknown
Co-Conspirators: none
The Victim: a drug dealer
The Murderer: Arnold "Poet" Jackson
How: shot him
Where: at Poet's book signing
Why: Poet was still a user on the outside. When the dealer tried to shoot him because Poet hadn't paid up, Poet shot him first
Co-Conspirators: none

92

shown in Poet's second flashback, Episode Fifteen

93

shown in Mark Mack's flashback, Episode Sixteen
The Victim: a black gravedigger
The Murderer: Mark Mack
How: stuck a shovel in his chest
Where: in a graveyard
Why: got in the way of Mack desecrating a grave 
Co-Conspirators: none
The Victims: Mark Mack and Aryan friend
The Murderers: Bob Rebadow and Agamemnon Busmalis
How: weakened the support beams of the tunnel the Aryans were in, causing it to collapse
Where: in the tunnel, dug from Rebadow and Busmalis' pod
Why: revenge. With C.O. Metzger's help, Mack and the Aryan had switched pods with them so that they could escape instead
Co-Conspirators: none

94 & 95

Episode Sixteen

96

In Kep-Kemy Jarra's flashback, Episode Sixteen
The Victim: young boy
The Murderer: Kep-Kemy Jarra
How: unknown
Where: in Jarra's home
Why: Jarra used the body as part of a voodoo sacrifice. It was ruled a criminally negligent homicide.
Co-Conspirators: none 
The Victim: Kep-Kemy Jarra
The Murderer: Kenny Wangler and Junior Pierce
How: stabbed with a kitchen knife
Where: Oz kitchen
Why: in return for being part of the drug trade, Nappa ordered Wangler to kill Jarra. Nappa wanted Jarra dead to get at his enemy, Adebisi.
Co-Conspirators: Nappa & Italians. Wangler blamed the death on Adebisi, who went crazy afterwards.

97

Episode Sixteen

 

Total so far: 97

(59, if you exclude L'Italien's 38 other murders from Season One)

 

 

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Seasons One, Two, Three, Four, Five

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