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 Monster of the Andes" Pedro Alonso López
Some serial killers’ reigns of terror are cut mercifully short, due to careless mistakes or careful police work. Pedro Alonso López was not one of those killers.
40 min
252
"The Woodford Slasher" John Joseph Joubert
John Joseph Joubert was plagued by disturbing daydreams, along with a horrifying urge to hurt little boys, and in the 1980s, he finally acted on both.
38 min
253
“The S-Bahn Murderer of Berlin” Paul Ogorzow Pt. 2
Having graduated from brutal assaults to murders, Paul Ogorzow felt untouchable as he rode the rails, throwing his victims off speeding trains.
40 min
254
“The S-Bahn Murderer of Berlin” Paul Ogorzow Pt. 1
Coming of age alongside Adolf Hitler's political rise, Paul Ogorzow took his cue from the Nazi party, and looked at some of his fellow Germans as little more than rodents to be stamped out.
39 min
255
“The Bogey Man” David Elliot Penton
There are few criminals so reviled as a child killer. David Elliot Penton was one of them. His crimes were so horrendous, he earned the nickname "The Bogey Man."
36 min
256
“Smooth-Talking Killer“ Roy Melanson
A lifelong drifter and con man, Roy Melanson charmed and manipulated his way into his victims’ lives beginning in the 1960s.
38 min
257
“The Bike Path Killer” Altemio Sanchez Pt. 2
Avoiding capture as Amherst’s terrifying “Bike Path Rapist” emboldened Sanchez to commit his first murder in 1990.
42 min
258
“The Bike Path Killer” Altemio Sanchez Pt. 1
An elusive rapist stalked areas around Buffalo, New York, for decades beginning in the late 1970s.
38 min
259
“The Quiet Dell Killer” Harry Powers
Harry Powers lived a life shrouded in mystery, so tracing his origins is difficult. But here's what we know: he was a conman without a conscience, and he was a ruthless killer whose victim count might be higher than anyone ever imagined...
36 min
260
“Montana Child Murderer” David Meirhofer
In 1973, 7-year-old Susie Jaeger fell asleep in a tent with her siblings while on a camping trip with family.
38 min
261
“The Cross-Country Killer” Tommy Lynn Sells Pt. 2
By 1999, Sells had murdered men, women and children in multiple states, and showed no signs of slowing down.
42 min
262
“The Cross-Country Killer” Tommy Lynn Sells Pt. 1
For over 20 years, Tommy Lynn Sells hitchhiked across the U.S., killing indiscriminately and without mercy.
40 min
263
"Mall Santa" Bruce McArthur Pt. 2
By the beginning of 2011, Bruce McArthur had killed and dismembered two men, hiding their bodies in enormous planters at a client's house.
38 min
264
"Mall Santa" Bruce McArthur Pt. 1
For most of his life, Bruce McArthur led an unremarkable existence. But in the 1990s, he split from his wife and moved to Toronto's gay village — free to be his true self.
36 min
265
“The Narcosatanist” Adolfo Constanzo Pt. 2
After amassing wealth and influence as a spiritual advisor in the 1980s, Adolfo Constanzo set his sights on the lucrative drug trade in Matamoros.
55 min
266
“The Narcosatanist” Adolfo Constanzo Pt. 1
Schooled in the darkest corners of his family’s Afro-Carribean religion, Adolfo Constanzo decided to make his fortune using magic granted through animal sacrifices.
48 min
267
“The Anatomy Murderers” Burke and Hare Pt. 2
By 1828, Burke and Hare’s scheme of murdering people and selling their bodies was making them rich. But eventually, one curious woman crashed their entire operation.
43 min
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“The Anatomy Murderers” Burke and Hare Pt. 1
When a tenant at their boarding house died in 1827, William Burke and William Hare found a way to make some extra money: selling bodies to a medical school.
40 min
269
“The Tweed Creeper” David Russell Williams Pt. 2
Having moved from break-ins to aggressive sexual assault, David Russell Williams carefully planned his first horrific murder in late 2009. It was not his last.
35 min
270
“The Tweed Creeper” David Russell Williams Pt. 1
As an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, David Russell Williams had a spotless record for decades before beginning a breaking-and-entering spree in 2007.
35 min
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“The Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez Pt. 2
After his first murder in San Francisco, Richard Ramirez headed back to Los Angeles to begin a killing spree that had the whole city terrified.
47 min
272
“The Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez Pt. 1
A troubled relationship with his father, his religion, and the demonic visions he saw during seizures dominated Richard Ramirez’s childhood in the 1960s.
44 min
273
“South Side Strangler” Timothy Wilson Spencer P...
Organized and meticulous, Timothy Wilson Spencer evaded suspicion until a detective began connecting the dots between Arlington’s “Masked Rapist” and Richmond’s “South Side Strangler.”
37 min
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“South Side Strangler” Timothy Wilson Spencer P...
Growing up in Arlington, Virginia in the 1960s, Timothy Wilson Spencer displayed an alarming interest in torturing animals and burglarizing homes.
37 min
275
“The Vampire in the Window” Florencio Fernández
Born in 1935, Florencio Fernández grew up in a region of Argentina nicknamed the “fortress of folklore.”
37 min