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 Vienna Strangler” - Jack Unterweger
In the early 1970s, Jack Unterweger was sentenced to an Austrian prison for life after he murdered a young woman.
47 min
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“The Kindly Killer” Pt. 2 - Dennis Nilsen
With the start of the 1980s, British serial killer Dennis Nilsen was just hitting his stride.
44 min
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“The Kindly Killer” - Dennis Nilsen
A hot meal, a stiff drink, or simple companionship.
40 min
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“Arsenic Anna” Pt. 2 - Anna Marie Hahn
Five years into her killing spree, a team of financial detectives started to catch wind of Anna Marie Hahn’s dealings.
53 min
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“Arsenic Anna” - Anna Marie Hahn
In 1932, at the age of 26, Anna Marie Hahn came up with a morbid get rich quick scheme...murder.
46 min
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“The Toy-Box Killer” Pt. 2 - David Parker Ray
By 1986, David Parker Ray was 46 years old, and had been abducting, raping, torturing, and killing women throughout the American Southwest for over 30 years.
47 min
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“The Toy-Box Killer” - David Parker Ray
Born on November 1st, 1939, David Parker Ray would grow up to be one of the most sadistic serial killers the world has ever seen.
42 min
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Unexplained Mysteries: The Zodiac Killer Pt. 2 ...
38 min
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Unexplained Mysteries: The Zodiac Killer Pt. 1 ...
In the summer of 1969, newspapers in Northern California began receiving coded letters from a person who would come to identify themselves as "The Zodiac."
38 min
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“The Doodler” - San Francisco’s Unknown Serial ...
At first, many gay men in 1970s San Francisco were dazzled by a handsome young artist who drew their caricatures on cocktail napkins.
43 min
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“The Bayou Serial Killer” Pt. 2 - Ronald Joseph...
Ronald Dominique didn't feel any remorse as he dumped his twenty-third victim in the Louisiana swamp in 2006.
44 min
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“The Bayou Serial Killer” - Ronald Joseph Domin...
Ronald Dominique never caught a break growing up.
46 min
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“Joel the Ripper” Pt. 2 - Joel Rifkin
Just before he strangled a victim, Joel Rifkin could hear laughter ringing in his ears.
45 min
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“Joel the Ripper” - Joel Rifkin
When relentless high school bullies started dunking Joel’s head in urine-filled toilets, and throwing eggs at him after class, he needed a way to regain control.
42 min
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“The Pig Farmer” Pt. 2 - Robert "Willie" Pickton
In the early 90s, vulnerable women around Vancouver were disappearing at an alarming rate, but the authorities had yet to recognize the crisis, or even admit that there was a likely killer on the loose.
57 min
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“The Pig Farmer” - Robert "Willie" Pickton
This Canadian grew up on a pig farm in the 1970s, so slaughtering livestock became second nature.
51 min
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“Candy Man” Pt. 2 - Dean Arnold Corll
After his candy store closed in 1968, Dean Corll needed a new way to bring in young victims from the greater Houston area.
47 min
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“Candy Man” - Dean Arnold Corll
In 1962 he took over the family candy shop outside of Houston and was only too happy to give away treats to the children who would come 'round after school.
45 min
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“The Ypsilanti Ripper” Pt. 2 - John Norman Coll...
After successfully murdering four women in Eastern Michigan without a whiff of suspicion in 1969, John Norman Collins began to believe he would never be caught.
41 min
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“The Ypsilanti Ripper” - John Norman Collins
By 1967, he seemed to be a well-adjusted college student in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
43 min
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“Terminator” Pt. 2 - Anatoly Onoprienko
By 1996, he settled down in a small village in Ukraine with his girlfriend, and was a loving father-in-law to her children.
39 min
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“Terminator” - Anatoly Onoprienko
He wanted to be remembered. He had spent a life cast aside and forgotten by his parents, siblings and peers.
41 min
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“Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” Pt. 2 - The Clev...
Eliot Ness went to the grave in 1957 without ever convicting the Cleveland Torso Murderer.
44 min
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“Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” - The Cleveland ...
When a torso washed up on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in 1937, the police initially assumed a crime of passion.
40 min
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“The Bone Collector” - The West Mesa Murders
In early 2009, when Christine Ross set out on her morning walk in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the last thing she expected was to stumble across human remains.
49 min