“The Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski Pt. 1
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- almost 4 years ago
- 40:51
Spotting his genius at a young age, Ted Kaczynski’s parents pushed their son to academic excellence — but Ted never found a true home in the hallowed halls of academia. Instead, by 1969, he was a former math professor with a festering hatred for the modern world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Madman of Marshall Street” Gary M. Heidnik Pt. 2
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- almost 4 years ago
- 37:19
By Thanksgiving 1986, Gary Heidnik had captured a woman and locked her in his basement, where he intended on making her carry his children. But Gary wanted an entire “birthing harem.” Over the next four months, he lured five more women to his Philadelphia home… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Madman of Marshall Street” Gary M. Heidnik Pt. 1
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- almost 4 years ago
- 36:14
Estranged from his family, Gary Heidnik’s behavior grew more and more troubling as he grew older. By 1976, no one was around to notice when he started digging a pit in his basement — one big enough to hold a person... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Lipstick Killer” William George Heirens Pt. 2
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- about 4 years ago
- 41:33
When a six-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Chicago in 1945, the public and the press demanded answers. Luckily, police found the killer by chance when they arrested a teenage burglar named William Heirens. Or did they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Lipstick Killer” William George Heirens Pt. 1
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- about 4 years ago
- 38:13
Growing up in a family that didn’t have a lot of money, William Heirens turned to burglary to ease his economic anxiety. It became a compulsion he couldn’t control, and got him into trouble with the law in the early 1940s. Then, one day, it changed his life forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“Earthquake Killer” Herbert Mullin Pt. 2
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- about 4 years ago
- 34:50
Herbert Mullin believed he was saving the world. After all, God had told him that murdering people would prevent catastrophic earthquakes. So, with his heaven-sent mission, he set out to kill and kill again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“Earthquake Killer” Herbert Mullin Pt. 1
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- about 4 years ago
- 34:47
Throughout his childhood in the 1950s and ‘60s, Herbert Mullin's life seemed decidedly idyllic. But tragedy struck when he was 18. In the aftermath, Mullin began hearing voices — and they told him to kill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Kansas City Butcher” Robert Berdella Pt. 2
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- about 4 years ago
- 35:45
Having killed and dismembered his first victim, Robert Bordella was anxious to take another person captive. He kidnapped and tortured multiple men in succession, drugging them with tranquilizers and documenting his actions in a diary — until someone eventually escaped. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Kansas City Butcher” Robert Berdella Pt. 1
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- about 4 years ago
- 35:34
Inspired by a 1965 horror film called The Collector, Robert Berdella harbored dark fantasies about abuse and control. As a college student, he acted out his sadism on animals, and later, in the early ‘80s, on a teenager named Jerry Howell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Snowtown Murders” Pt. 2
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- about 4 years ago
- 47:04
In November 1997, John Bunting claimed his sixth victim, and successfully passed it off as a suicide. From there, he and his accomplices moved at alarming speed, torturing and killing another six people until police finally caught up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Snowtown Murders” Pt. 1
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- about 4 years ago
- 44:08
Arriving in South Australia in the 1980s, John Bunting surrounded himself with people he could easily manipulate: a small group of men who hated pedophiles and gay men, and were determined to rid their community of both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Suitcase Killer” Steven Zelich Pt. 2
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- 2.9K views
- about 4 years ago
- 36:58
After his first murder, Steven Zelich couldn't bear to let go of his victim, and kept her body close by. But eventually he began to crave the same powerful feeling he'd had the first time, and the hunt for his next target began... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The Suitcase Killer” Steven Zelich Pt. 1
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- about 4 years ago
- 39:06
Once a police officer who loved the authority and respect his position brought him, Steven Zelich's life took a turn in the late ‘90s when the power went to his head. His quest for the thrill of control led him to the world of BDSM… and eventually, murder.
Killer Couples Pt. 4: Ray Fernandez and Martha Beck
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- about 4 years ago
- 39:47
Once a promising intelligence officer, Ray Fernandez transformed into a career conman, swindling lonely women out of their savings. When he met Martha Beck in 1947, his Lonely Hearts con became a deadly scheme of spiralling jealousies and stolen fortunes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Killer Couples Pt. 3: Gerald and Charlene Gallego
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- about 4 years ago
- 44:46
If love makes you do something evil, does that make you evil, too? In the late 1970s, Gerald Gallego twisted himself around Charlene’s heart and didn’t let go. The couple, later known as “The Sex Slave Killers,” worked in tandem to kidnap and murder ten women. Was Charlene a victim, too?
Killer Couples Pt. 2: Alton Coleman and Debra Brown
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- 2.6K views
- about 4 years ago
- 43:35
Following a whirlwind romance, Alton Coleman and Debra Brown embarked on a violent rampage that turned the summer of 1984 bloody.
Killer Couples Pt. 1: Ray and Faye Copeland
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- about 4 years ago
- 42:32
They say that “love is a many-splendored thing.” But for Ray and Faye Copeland, it was a thing of violence. The couple’s murderous crimes made them two of the oldest people ever sentenced to death in the United States.
“The Monster of Florence” Pt. 1
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- about 4 years ago
- 42:23
One of Italy’s most notorious serial killers has never (definitively) been identified. The mysterious Monster of Florence murdered couples in their cars, beginning in 1974. The crimes were so horrific that all of Florence was on edge, and the hunt for the killer was vast.
“The Missoula Mauler” Wayne Nance Pt. 2
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- 1.9K views
- about 4 years ago
- 39:49
By 1984, Nance had revamped his reputation and settled into a comfortable routine in his hometown. But as he grew fixated on his boss, his nice-guy exterior evaporated, revealing a cold and calculating killer.
“The Missoula Mauler” Wayne Nance Pt. 1
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- 2.7K views
- about 4 years ago
- 41:09
As a teenager, Wayne Nance developed an interest in Satanism that may have led to his first murder. He became obsessed with the idea of making a human sacrifice — and in the spring of 1974, he boasted to a friend: “It’s been done.”