"The Bluebeard of Gambais" Henri Désiré Landru Pt. 1
In France, a con man charmed women into getting engaged before robbing them and taking them to his country villa. Where they all mysteriously disappeared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...
28 Feb 202242min
"The Little Girl Murderer" Tsutomu Miyazaki
Numerous childhood traumas led Tsutomu Miyazaki to create a monstrous character in his head named "Rat Man" that eventually took control of his thoughts and actions. "Rat Man" required human sacrifice...
24 Feb 202245min
"The Kensington Strangler" Antonio Rodriguez
In 2010 a serial killer terrorized an area of Philadelphia known as the Badlands. Police swabbed hundreds of men for DNA before a CODIS backlog revealed they’d had what they needed all along. Learn mo...
21 Feb 202243min
"The Caltrans Construction Killer" Mack Ray Edwards
Mack Ray Edwards was proud of his career as a heavy machine operator. It made him important on construction sites. But the very same machine he used to build a series of freeways in Los Angeles would ...
17 Feb 202242min
The Hillside Strangler’s Copycat Girlfriend
When Veronica Compton met Kenneth Bianchi, she was working on a play about serial killers. She interviewed the “Hillside Strangler” as part of her process. But then he charmed his way from research su...
14 Feb 202241min
Speed Freak Killers Pt. 2
Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog went from hunting animals to preying on humans. Even as they grew older and settled down, they continued their spree. When they finally faced justice years later, t...
10 Feb 202241min
Speed Freak Killers Pt. 1
Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog grew up in the California countryside, hunting for deer and elk. In high school, they turned to methamphetamine to recreate the thrill they once got from hunting. B...
7 Feb 202240min
"The Werewolf" Mikhail Popkov
At a young age, Mikhail Popkov developed a deeply misogynistic view of the world. As an adult, he used his power as a police officer to act on these feelings, murdering women he deemed to be morally d...
3 Feb 202241min
