Criminal Curiosity

24. John Robinson: The Internets First Serial Killer


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In this week's episode, Jade discusses the life and crimes of the serial killer, John Robinson he was also a con man, embezzler, kidnapper, and forger. He began recruiting women to work for him in 1984 up until 2000 when he was finally caught. He would hire women to his no-existent company, with the promise of a place to stay, paid training, and a monthly stipend, after the women were never to be seen again or seen alive, he would send a letter to their family posing as them saying there are good and they are loving life, with their signature at the bottom. He was called the "Internet First Serial Killer" because when the internet came around that is how he got his victims. John was eventually caught and given the death penalty for the murder of one woman and given a life sentence for the rest of the other women. Out of the eight women, three of them have never been found. John is currently on death row at the El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas along with the infamous serial killer, Dennis Rader aka BTK killer.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Robinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bakNzLNKHo&t=806s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_ne5E_BOs&t=1631s


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