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 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
302
“The Yosemite Murderer” Cary Stayner Pt. 1
As a troubled teen in the ‘70s, Cary Stayner experienced violent fantasies and compulsions, as well as the traumatic kidnapping of his brother. He found refuge in Yosemite National Park as an adult, but unfortunately, it didn't halt his spiral into murder.
38 min
303
“The Monster of Atwater Village” Timothy Joseph...
Timothy Joseph McGhee joined the Toonerville Rifa Gang as a boy, and quickly rose through the ranks. By the year 2000, he had turned the low-level Los Angeles gang into a very real threat.
34 min
304
“The Berlin Butcher” Carl Großmann
Carl Großmann’s entire life was marked with an obsession with sexual dominance. As a young man, he violated children and animals as a way to emphasize his own power. But when World War I left Berlin in a state of desperation, Großmann found a new, horrific way to satisfy his murderous cravings.
36 min
305
“The Sweetheart Murderer” Edward Wayne Edwards ...
After spending much of his early life as a devoted career criminal, Ed Edwards emerged from prison willing to turn things around.
39 min
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“The Sweetheart Murderer” Edward Wayne Edwards ...
Beginning with a traumatic childhood is a common origin story among serial killers. But not every child with a troubled upbringing sets out to become a lifelong criminal.
42 min
307
“Killing Team” Leonard Lake and Charles Ng Pt. 2
By the summer of 1984, Leonard Lake finished construction on his fallout shelter. There, Lake and his partner-in-crime, Charles Ng, tortured, raped, and murdered countless female victims.
39 min
308
“Killing Team” Leonard Lake and Charles Ng Pt. 1
Fearing a nuclear apocalypse was imminent, survivalists Leonard Lake and Charles Ng dreamed of building a bunker in the middle of nowhere.
35 min
309
“I-5 Killer” Randy Woodfield Pt. 2
After he killed his friend Cherie in 1980, Randy Woodfield was a clear suspect in the murder — but he still managed to walk free.
34 min
310
“I-5 Killer” Randy Woodfield Pt. 1
He was a star football player in the early 1970s. A talented athlete with every chance for boundless success. But he developed a nasty temper, and a ferocious sense of entitlement.
39 min
311
“The Broomstick Murderer” Kenneth McDuff Pt. 2
After his first three murders, Kenneth McDuff was quickly apprehended and brought to trial.
36 min
312
“The Broomstick Murderer” Kenneth McDuff Pt. 1
Kenneth Allen McDuff led a charmed life. He was an angelic child. At least, that's what his doting mother thought.
36 min
313
“Serial Strangler” Volker Eckert Pt. 2
As a long-haul trucker, Eckert realized his job afforded him the perfect conditions to kill.
36 min
314
“Serial Strangler” Volker Eckert Pt. 1
From a young age, Volker Eckert displayed a strange fascination with women’s hair. His fetish led him to murder in 1974, when he was just 14 years old.
35 min
315
"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
316
"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
317
“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
318
“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
319
“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
320
“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
321
“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
322
“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
323
“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
324
“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
325
“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