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 Toolbox Killers” Lawrence Bittaker and Roy...
They each lived lonely lives, bouncing from jail to jail until a chance meeting in California brought them together in 1978.
35 min
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“The ABC Killer” Moses Sithole
At a young age, Moses Sithole was abandoned by his mother, forcing him to go in and out of a traumatic foster care system.
39 min
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“The Chicago Abductor” Brian Dugan
In the early ‘70s, a teenaged Dugan had an encounter with one of the most notorious serial killers in the U.S.—a killer whose infamy Dugan would soon match, with a murder spree throughout Chicago’s rural suburbs.
33 min
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“Milwaukee North Side Strangler” Walter E. Ellis
In his youth, Walter Ellis was prone to fits of physical violence.
34 min
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“The Hitchhiker Killer” Thor Nis Christiansen
Growing up in the California town of Solvang, Thor Nis Christiansen was the quiet son of Danish immigrants.
37 min
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“A Chaotic Life” Andrew Urdiales
He endured extreme childhood abuse, served in the Marines, and was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
35 min
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“Crazy Charlie” Charles Ray Hatcher
He spent his life trying to escape jails, mental hospitals, and his urge to kill.
36 min
358
“The Boy Torturer of Boston” Pt. 2: Jesse Pomeroy
Sent to a reform school for the remainder of his childhood, Jesse Pomeroy, and his distraught mother, had one shared goal in mind: early release.
33 min
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“The Boy Torturer of Boston” Pt. 1: Jesse Pomeroy
Born in 1859 with a cleft palate, Jesse Pomeroy's father looked upon his son as weak, and brutally abused him throughout his childhood.
35 min
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“Hannibal Lecter of Sweden” Sture Bergwall
He claimed to be Sweden's first serial killer.
39 min
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“Warwick Slasher” Craig Price
Growing up as one of the few black kids in Warwick, Rhode Island was not easy.
32 min
362
“Doctor Satan” Pt. 2: Marcel Petiot
In 1942, Marcel Petiot's fake escape network, Fly-Tox, was operating at full steam.
34 min
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“Doctor Satan” Pt. 1: Marcel Petiot
Since childhood, Marcel Petiot flaunted a disregard for the rules.
33 min
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“The Acid Bath Murderer” Pt. 2: John George Haigh
His first murder in 1944 had gone exactly as planned: the body had dissolved in acid, and he was sure no one would ever find out what he had done.
40 min
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“The Acid Bath Murderer” Pt. 1: John George Haigh
Born in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century, John George Haigh rebelled against his hyper-religious upbringing and opted for a life of crime.
36 min
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“The Cleveland Strangler” Pt. 2: Anthony Sowell
As his living conditions deteriorated in the late 2000's, so did Anthony Sowell’s state of mind.
39 min
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“The Cleveland Strangler” Pt. 1: Anthony Sowell
Plagued by addiction, Anthony Sowell killed 11 women between May 2007 and September of 2009.
34 min
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“The Slave Master” Pt. 2: John Edward Robinson
By 1984, after a lifetime spent breaking the law and facing few consequences, John Edward Robinson had finally crossed the line into cold-blooded murder.
41 min
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“The Slave Master” Pt. 1: John Edward Robinson
As a child growing up in Illinois in the 1940s and ‘50s, John Edward Robinson was obsessed with figures from the criminal underworld.
40 min
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“The Meanest Man in America” Pt. 2: Donald Henr...
In the late 1960s, Donald Henry Gaskins found himself consumed by a ravenous rage.
44 min
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“The Meanest Man in America” Pt. 1: Donald Henr...
Between 1953 and 1982, Donald Henry “Pee Wee” Gaskins murdered at least 14 people, and claimed to have killed over 100.
43 min
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“The Gainesville Ripper” Pt. 2: Danny Rolling
In 1989, Danny Rolling had already gotten away with a shocking triple murder.
37 min
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“The Gainesville Ripper” Pt. 1: Danny Rolling
It's likely that an abusive, loveless upbringing in the 1960s and ‘70s shaped Danny Rolling’s troubling violent sexual fantasies. After a young life of petty crime in Louisiana and Georgia, one incident set Danny off.
34 min
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“The Scorecard Killer” Pt. 2: Randy Steven Kraft
For more than a decade, Randy Steven Kraft preyed upon vulnerable young Californian men—torturing, dismembering, and murdering dozens. His killings were made all the worse by the blasé approach authorities took to his case.
39 min
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“The Scorecard Killer” Pt. 1: Randy Steven Kraft
From 1972 to 1983, the gay community of Southern California was plagued by a vicious killer.
32 min