The Co-Ed Killer: Ed Kemper

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The season one finale of I Could Murder A Podcast sees Tom and Ben travel back to the swinging seventies and all the way to Santa Cruz, California. As they look at the disturbingly captivating case of Ed Kemper: The Co-Ed Killer...

The year is 1973, it’s dawn, a six-foot nine-inch shadow silhouettes underneath misty streetlights by a gas station in Pueblo, Colorado. The weary figure of a tall man casts itself back and forward as he paces up and down the rocky roadside. He has inexplicitly just spent the last 48 hours and almost 1500 miles driving nonstop from the seaside town of Santa Cruz, California. Functioning only on the caffeine pills he’s consumed; the giant of a man is close to collapse – physically, emotionally, mentally. He checks his car radio again and again, switching stations back and forth, waiting to hear his story break the news. Nothing is reported, nothing is revealed. His heart still racing, he makes his way into a phone booth. Spilling his heart to the answering detective, his confessions are met with disregard and disbelief. And he is told to call back at a more appropriate hour. Dawn turns to daylight and he makes a second call. This time reaching friend, Detective Jim Connor. The stranger again spills his heart, calling for help and unloading his confessions. In shock, the Santa Cruz Police Department follow up the confessions, bewildered and in disbelief, the “gentle giant” has led them straight to two dead bodies in his house. With many more to follow. “Big Ed” as he is affectionately known in the local police hangout bar, reveals

himself as “The Co-Ed Killer”.

How did Kemper charm and manipulate psychiatrists to discharge him? What drove him to kill his own family members multiple times? Why did he decide to hand himself in? And how was he able to maintain friendships with police officers working the case?

Tune in, and all will be revealed!

Big thanks to voiceover artist Christopher Ragland for our amazing introduction!

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Presented by Tom Norris & Ben Carter

Written by Ben Carter

Produced by Dan J Lambert

Edited by Ben Bonsey

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