On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at a quite unusual serial killer, the Canadian, Russell Williams. Why is he unusual? Well for one, he’s a serial killer, but he’s Canadian. Second, he just doesn’t fit the profile, and he didn’t start any of crimes until his late forties. Experts consider this to be anomalous. Third, he would break into places and wear little girl’s panties and take pictures of himself. Finally, he was a decorated airman who was commander of a base and had flown dignitaries from Queen Elizabeth to the Prime Minister of England and Canada on his military missions.

But, in the meantime, Russell Williams killed people. He wasn’t prolific, having killed only two known victims, but his other crimes are what made him stand out. Before he started his short killing spree, he began a career of 82 breaking-and-enterings, just so he could get girls (from their twenties to as young as nine) underwear. He’d pose in it while in their rooms, masturbate in their beds, and leave with a pair of knickers or two.

In short order, this wasn’t enough for him. He then started to up his game. He broke into a woman’s house, tied her up, and groped her breasts. He did a second similar crime shortly thereafter. But that didn’t last either. He had to up his game to rape and murder.

He first raped and murdered a woman under his command in the air force, Marie-France Comeau. Shortly thereafter, he spotted Jessica Loyd running on a treadmill in her own home, and within 48 hours, she was raped and murdered. But he was sloppy. He parked his car at the scenes of his crimes. He left footprints and tire tracks, and within a week of the second killing, the cops arrested him.

What made this case extra famous was an amazing video tape of his interrogation and ultimate confession. You can see it here. It takes Detective Sergeant Jim Smyth a little bit of time, be he uses mental ninja skills and gets Russell Williams to confess. Why did he confess? Because he wanted to spare his wife the pains of a lengthy investigation. So, if you like true crime, Canadian justice, or bad jokes about inappropriate topics, give this one a listen!

Special thanks to guest host Jason Roskam. He’s co-host of All Things Star Wars, which is part of the Podbelly family of podcasts.

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