In the late 1970s and early 1980s, women began disappearing in and around Anchorage, Alaska. Their absences were often explained away, their reports discounted, and their stories left unfinished. During that same period, a man who appeared quiet and unremarkable continued living his everyday life — running a bakery, raising a family, and blending seamlessly into the community around him.

In this episode of Ghoul Interrupted, we take a careful, victim-first look at the case of Robert Hansen, often referred to as The Butcher Baker of Alaska. We walk through each confirmed case as its own story, centering the women whose lives were taken and examining the moments where warning signs were missed. We also explore how isolation, familiarity, and institutional failures allowed Hansen to continue unchecked, and how one survivor’s escape finally brought years of silence into the light.

This is not a story told for shock or spectacle. It’s a story about listening, about whose voices are believed, and about how violence can exist quietly alongside ordinary life.

Listener discretion is advised.

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