Serial Killers

Get a rare glimpse into the minds and methods of sadistic murderers. From notorious names like Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy to lesser-known killers like “Death House Landlady” Dorothea Puente, what turns a regular person into a predator? Serial Killers is a Spotify Original. New episodes Mondays.

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"The I-5 Strangler" Roger Reece Kibbe Pt. 3
Police had taken Roger Kibbe into custody numerous times but never had enough evidence to arrest him. Each time he was let go, he went on to claim more victims. But a discovery by a forensics investigator was exactly what authorities needed to put him away for good.
37 min
227
"The I-5 Strangler" Roger Reece Kibbe Pt. 2
After killing his first victim, Roger Kibbe decided to keep a low profile. But years later, his urge to kill returned. By mid-July of 1986, he had killed four young women — three of them in the past three months. And he had no intention of quitting.
36 min
228
"The I-5 Strangler" Roger Reece Kibbe Pt. 1
Roger Kibbe spent most of his adolescence filled with rage. And while he had a long list of arrests by his mid-30s, it was never for violent crimes. Until one day in 1977, he finally snapped.
39 min
229
Texarkana Moonlight Murders Pt. 2
In 1946, the mysterious Phantom Killer who had terrorized the town of Texarkana for months disappeared just as quickly as he'd appeared.
37 min
230
Texarkana Moonlight Murders Pt. 1
In 1946, the city of Texarkana was plagued by a series of attacks and murders on couples parked in their cars. Police, however, failed to act quickly enough, potentially giving the murderer enough time to get away.
36 min
231
Matthew “Chilly” Macon
As a child in the ‘80s, Matthew Macon was thrust into a world of chaos and turmoil. From a young age, he was in and out of federal institutions, but nothing seemed to curb his darker impulses. Eventually, he gave into them, and his killing spree began.
39 min
232
The Dnipropetrovsk Maniacs
Viktor Sayenko and Igor Suprunyuk were insecure children, scared of the world around them. As teenagers in the 2000s, they pushed themselves to move past their fears. But in the process, they unlocked something even more terrifying: an uncontrollable desire to kill anything and anyone.
40 min
233
"The Southside Dentist" Glennon Engleman Pt. 2
Glennon Engleman had claimed two lives during his insurance fraud schemes and escaped police detection with ease.
41 min
234
"The Southside Dentist" Glennon Engleman Pt. 1
Glennon Engleman seemed like your average neighborhood dentist, but he was harboring a dark secret. He had a deep desire for money and power, and would do anything to get his way. Even kill.
38 min
235
“The Spider” Saeed Hanaei
He got a taste for killing while he was a soldier. But when the conflict between Iran and neighboring Iraq ended, his desire to kill remained.
35 min
236
“The Hungarian Vampire” Béla Kiss
In the early 1900s, a man lured his victims with lonely hearts ads, drained their blood, and stored their bodies in barrels filled with methanol.
35 min
237
“The Roadside Strangler” Michael Bruce Ross Pt. 2
Like many serial killers who get caught, Michael Bruce Ross became more reckless — attacking teenagers and young women in high-traffic areas, and often returning to where he dumped their bodies.
34 min
238
“The Roadside Strangler” Michael Bruce Ross Pt. 1
After experiencing severe emotional abuse as a child in the ‘60s, Michael Bruce Ross got a fresh start at Cornell University. But in his senior year, as his relationship with his fiancée began to unravel, he started acting out his perverse childhood fantasies — thrilled by the terror he could instill in his victims.
37 min
239
“The Midwest Highway Murderer” Larry Eyler Pt. 2
In the early 1980s, Larry Eyler haunted the highways of the Midwest, leaving the gay communities of Indianapolis and Chicago paralyzed with fear.
39 min
240
“The Midwest Highway Murderer” Larry Eyler Pt. 1
In the 1970s, Larry Eyler seemed like your regular, easy-going guy. Behind closed doors, he was anything but. He had an insatiable appetite to dominate. When BDSM wouldn’t do it, he hit the Midwest highways, offering desperate hitchhikers a ride and leaving behind a trail of dead bodies.
36 min
241
“The Teacup Poisoner” Graham Frederick Young Pt. 2
After serving his first prison sentence, Graham Young entered the world again, ready to start poisoning people once more.
34 min
242
“The Teacup Poisoner” Graham Frederick Young Pt. 1
Graham Young always had an obsessive personality, but when his father bought him a chemistry kit, it unlocked a terrifying interest in poisons. Before long, the teenager was poisoning mice just to see what happened. Then he set his sights on his best friend, and every member of his own family.
38 min
243
The Atlanta Child Murders Pt. 2
In 1981, Wayne Williams was a 23-year-old with aspirations of putting together the next Jackson 5. But after he’s found leaving the scene of a crime, he’s charged and convicted for two murders — and implicated in a dozen more.
36 min
244
The Atlanta Child Murders Pt. 1
In the late 1970s, a killer stalked the streets of Atlanta, Georgia, abducting and murdering young Black kids. The city was paralyzed with fear and theories abounded on the identity and motivation of the killer.
40 min
245
“The Amazon Review Killer” Todd Kohlhepp Pt. 2
Todd Kohlhepp’s behavior was growing increasingly erratic. In the real world, he made unsettling comments to his employees and friends. Online, he continued posting a string of disturbing Amazon reviews. And on his private compound, he locked his victims inside a shipping container.
37 min
246
“The Amazon Review Killer” Todd Kohlhepp Pt. 1
At 15, Todd Kohlhepp raped his 14-year-old neighbor, and 17 years later, he committed mass murder in broad daylight. Yet somehow, he became a pillar of society, building a successful real estate business from the ground up.
40 min
247
“The Savage” Benjamin Pedro Gonzales
Benjamin Pedro Gonzales lived in a fantasy world. He’d imagine entire relationships that didn’t exist. And when his so-called “girlfriend” told him to get lost, he went into a murderous rage, leaving a horrific trail of dead bodies in his wake.
41 min
248
“The Cannibal” Joe Metheny
Joe Metheny tended to exaggerate and lie about his own life, but if half the atrocities he confessed to are true, he certainly earned his gruesome moniker.
39 min
249
“Harv the Hammer” Harvey Carignan Pt. 2
When Harvey Carignan’s murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, he no longer faced the death penalty. But he wasted no time returning to his murderous ways.
35 min
250
“Harv the Hammer” Harvey Carignan Pt. 1
After developing a reputation in the armed forces as a hulking, scowling figure with abnormally strong hands, Harvey Carignan was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, where his first hyper-violent murder in 1948 stunned locals.
34 min