Crime talk timestamp: 11:08

Just imagine what you would do if you were a young girl shopping in a busy mall, it's broad daylight & an attractive normal looking man approaches you.

He tells you that you are pretty, & that you've got what it takes to be a model...

That if he can just take you to a better location to snap some professional photos of you for his agency this will be your ticket to a successful modelling career...

Nowadays we have the benefit of world wide news reaching us in within minutes.

We have the benefit of breaking news stories that spread across world wide media at a rapid pace, & this gives us the benefit of a much higher awareness of all of the dangerous people that are out there, & that are sometimes walking among us..

Thus we are automatically more aware of the dangers that a charming stranger can pose to us.

We have heard of true crime cases & now our knowledge of serial killers may be heightened, & almost unavoidable.

However tragically back in February 1984 innocent young women in 8 different American states did not have the benefit of hindsight.

They were totally unaware that a truly dangerous predator was prowling & hunting for his next victim..

And unfortunately for 12 young women

Christopher Wilder used his convincing ploy to lure, torture, sexually assault & kill his victims.

Thus earning him the moniker 'The Beauty Queen Killer'.

As police searched for Wilder in connection with the disappearances of two young women he went on a six week murder rampage, leaving many women dead in his wake. However he happened to kidnap the wrong girl, 16 year old Tina Risico.

Thanks to Tina's strength & will to survive, she miraculously manages to trick Wilder...

A move that ultimately proved to be this erratic & deadly killers undoing....

This is episode 121

The Beauty Queen Killer: Christopher Wilder Part 1

Sources:

ABC News/ The Federal Bureau Investigation (,gov)/ www.palmbeachpost.com/ The A-Z of Serial Killers/ www.history.com/ Wikipedia/ www.minerals.com / www.fox13news/

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