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 Starvation Doctor” Linda Hazzard Pt. 2
When British heiresses Dora and Claire Williamson reached out to Linda Hazzard, she might have thought draining their bank accounts would be easy enough.
37 min
377
“The Starvation Doctor” Linda Hazzard Pt. 1
In the early 1900s, Linda Hazzard marketed herself as a doctor, and claimed that she could cure any ailment with her special starvation regimens.
38 min
378
“The Hippie Trail Killer” Charles Sobhraj Pt. 2
After spending years in and out of prison, Charles “The Serpent” Sobhraj was determined to make something of himself.
39 min
379
“The Hippie Trail Killer” Charles Sobhraj Pt. 1
Growing up in Vietnam, India and France in the 1940s and ‘50s, Charles Sobhraj never truly fit in anywhere — not even with his family.
40 min
380
Satanic Panic Pt. 5
41 min
381
Satanic Panic Pt. 4
43 min
382
Satanic Panic Pt. 3
40 min
383
Satanic Panic Pt. 2
In the 1980s, “Satanic Panic” was a mass hysteria that consumed communities and ruined lives—all over things that never even happened.
38 min
384
Satanic Panic Pt. 1
In the 1980s, “Satanic Panic” was a mass hysteria that consumed communities and ruined lives—all over things that never even happened.
40 min
385
“The Hillside Stranglers” Kenneth Bianchi and A...
In the fall of 1977, Los Angeles was on high alert, so 43-year-old Angelo Buono Jr. and 26-year-old Kenny Bianchi knew they had to play it safe.
34 min
386
“The Hillside Stranglers” Kenneth Bianchi and A...
These killer cousins terrorized Los Angeles in the late ‘70s.
38 min
387
“The San Francisco Witch Killers” Michael and S...
After their first brutal murder, Suzan and Michael Carson fled San Francisco, intent on continuing their quest to rid the world of witches.
40 min
388
“The San Francisco Witch Killers” Michael and S...
They set out to murder witches in the early 1980s, moving up and down the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
35 min
389
“The Ken and Barbie Killers” Paul Bernardo and ...
On the outside, Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo appeared to be a perfect couple—but they held a dark secret: Paul’s sadistic aggressions were seemingly unstoppable, spurred on by Karla’s compliance.
35 min
390
“The Ken and Barbie Killers” Paul Bernardo and ...
When Paul Bernardo met his bride-to-be Karla Homolka in October 1987, he had already raped his first victim.
31 min
391
“Hannibal the Cannibal” Robert John Maudsley Pt. 2
By torturing and killing his fellow inmate, Robert Maudsley won his escape from Broadmoor Mental Hospital.
33 min
392
“Hannibal the Cannibal” Robert John Maudsley Pt. 1
Abused by his parents from a young age, Robert Maudsley spent his childhood bouncing around orphanages and foster homes before running away in 1969.
31 min
393
“Night Caller” Eric Edgar Cooke Pt. 2
In 1959, Eric Cooke committed his first murder in the sleepy city of Perth, Australia.
38 min
394
“Night Caller” Eric Edgar Cooke Pt. 1
Born in 1931 to a caring mother and alcoholic father, Eric Edgar Cooke had a turbulent home life.
37 min
395
“Double-O Swango” Joseph Swango Pt. 2
While Joseph Swango’s patients died at alarming rates, few people seemed capable of connecting the mysterious deaths with the doctor-in-training.
39 min
396
“Double-O Swango” Joseph Swango Pt. 1
As a teenager in the ‘70s, Joseph Swango had an intense fascination with the macabre, even keeping a scrapbook full of newspaper clippings about murder and car crashes.
37 min
397
“Damsel of Death” Aileen Wuornos Pt. 2
In the late ‘80s, Aileen trolled the highways outside of Daytona, Florida looking for johns.
35 min
398
“Damsel of Death” Aileen Wuornos Pt. 1
More abused than loved, Aileen Wuornos suffered through her childhood in 1960s Michigan.
35 min
399
“Programmed to Kill” Charlie Brandt Pt. 2
For decades, it seemed like Charlie Brandt's first murder was a shocking, unexplainable anomoly—something he would never repeat.
37 min
400
“Programmed to Kill” Charlie Brandt Pt. 1
In January 1971, 13-year-old Charlie Brandt retrieved his father's gun and committed a shocking murder, saying it was like he “was sort of programmed to do it.”
34 min