Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Welcome to your weekly journey into the darkest corners of human nature. Join Harvey Guillén every Monday as he explores crimes that seized the public’s attention, from jaw-dropping heists and devastating cons to serial murders and deadly rivalries. Each episode unfolds a single case, examining not just the events themselves, but what continues to linger beneath the surface.
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“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
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“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
278
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
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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
280
“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
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“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
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“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
283
“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
284
“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
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“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
286
“Genesee River Killer” Arthur Shawcross Pt. 2
After 14 years behind bars, Arthur Shawcross struggled to settle into civilian life. He moved from town to town, but a change of scenery didn't change the truth: Arthur was still the same killer.
40 min
287
“Genesee River Killer” Arthur Shawcross Pt. 1
Arthur Shawcross was always a little "off." As a boy, he was unsympathetic and violent, exploding with anger at the slightest provocation.
44 min
288
“The Baton Rouge Serial Killer” Derrick Todd Le...
Derrick's fixation with stalking, raping, and murdering women leads him to the University of Louisiana campus, where he terrorizes students and locals alike.
41 min
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“The Baton Rouge Serial Killer” Derrick Todd Le...
Ever since he was a little boy in the ‘70s, Derrick Todd Lee liked to peep. He would stare through the window of his neighbor's house, watching women undress. But the older he got, the more Derrick realized that peeping wasn't enough for him. He wanted to hold complete power over these women. And soon, that urge turned deadly.
35 min
290
“The Southside Slayer” Chester D. Turner Pt. 2
Love makes us say and do the strangest things. For Turner, it made him jealous, paranoid, and extremely violent.
36 min
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“The Southside Slayer” Chester D. Turner Pt. 1
When Chester D. Turner moved to the City of Angels, it wasn’t by choice. In fact, Turner pretty much had no say in anything during his adolescence.
38 min
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Working Late Pt. 6: Medical Professionals
In this chilling conclusion to our Working Late series, we're diving into the frightening world of medical professionals who killed again and again.
37 min
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Working Late Pt. 5: Military
In our continuing exploration of the most popular jobs for serial killers, we're taking a deep dive into those murderers who spent time in the military. It's a job that literally taught these men to kill, and they wielded that skill with alarming ferocity.
40 min
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Working Late Pt. 4: Business Leaders & Entrepre...
The number of psychopaths who hold positions with "CEO" in the title would alarm you… even if it wouldn't surprise you.
36 min
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Working Late Pt. 3: Laborers
At the halfway point of this Working Late series, we want to look at the people whose work is often overlooked, but that keeps society running.
38 min
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Working Late Pt. 2: Truck Drivers
You pass them every day in the car, truck drivers hauling things from one end of the country to the other. But do you ever think about how that transient lifestyle makes truckers the perfect serial killers?
39 min
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Working Late Pt. 1: Police
This is the first episode in our Working Late series, where we'll be taking deep dives into the most popular jobs among serial killers. We'll look into what makes each of these six professions so perfect for killers, and explore stories of the monsters who twisted their day job to suit their darkest after-hours pursuits.
37 min
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Joshua Wade Pt. 2
By the end of summer, 2000, Joshua Wade had murdered at least one woman, and possibly many more.
41 min
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Joshua Wade Pt. 1
In 1993, a 13-year-old boy was sent to live with his father in Alaska, where he grew into one of the state’s deadliest serial killers.
36 min
300
“The Yosemite Murderer” Cary Stayner Pt. 2
As an adult, Cary Stayner finally turned his darkest fantasies into reality. Using TV crime shows as textbooks, he killed his victims, then laid out a path of false clues to confuse investigators.
36 min