109: The Shoe Fetish Slayer

Tuck your stilettos away for this one….Jerry Brudos did not have an easy start. Unwanted by his mother, he was subject to frequent emotional and physical abuse. Unfortunately Jerry was not able to recover from his childhood trauma, and it took him down the dark path to becoming a serial killer… with one unsettling shoe fetish. Music By: Jonas Bjornstand Cover Art By: Charnell Vronsky, Peter (2004). Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters. New York City: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-1101204627. O'Connor, Roisin (September 18, 2020). "JK Rowling says cross-dressing killer in new Strike novel is based on real-life murderers". The Independent. Retrieved September 19, 2020. Ramsland, Katherine. "The Fetish Killer: The Transvestite". truTV Crime Library. Archived from the original on 10 Feb 2015. Retrieved 2020-09-22 "Inmate Jerome Brudos Passes Away". DOC Public Affairs (Press release). Salem, Oregon: Oregon Department of Corrections. March 28, 2006. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2012. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-cats-caretaker/purrfect-job-russian-town-hires-cat-chief-to-attend-to-strays-idUSKCN1MK24J