Serial Killers

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Every Monday, Serial Killers takes a psychological and entertaining approach to provide a rare glimpse into the mind, methods and madness of the most notorious serial killers with the hopes of better understanding their psychological profile. With the help of voice actors, we delve deep into their lives and stories. Serial Killers is part of the Parcast Network and is a Cutler Media Production.

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When British heiresses Dora and Claire Williamson reached out to Linda Hazzard, she might have thought draining their bank accounts would be easy enough. But she didn't count on the sisters’ resilience, or the might of one formidable governess...

Serial Killers episodes:

10.22.2020 “The Starvation Doctor” Linda Hazzard Pt. 2 When British heiresses Dora and Claire Williamson reached out to Linda Hazzard, she might have thought draining their bank accounts would be easy enough. But she didn't count on the sisters’ resilience, or the might of one formidable governess...
10.21.2020 True Horror: Top 10 Haunted Crime Scenes Parcast Network is spinning a web of new shows and special programming to celebrate our favorite season. Follow us into the darkest depths of history, mystery, and the human mind — starting with this episode of Crime Countdown! Hosts Ash ...
10.19.2020 “The Starvation Doctor” Linda Hazzard Pt. 1 In the early 1900s, Linda Hazzard marketed herself as a doctor, and claimed that she could cure any ailment with her special starvation regimens. Except, instead of curing her patients, she was killing them.
10.15.2020 “The Hippie Trail Killer” Charles Sobhraj Pt. 2 After spending years in and out of prison, Charles “The Serpent” Sobhraj was determined to make something of himself. To do that, he needed money — only now, he knew better than to leave behind any witnesses.
10.12.2020 “The Hippie Trail Killer” Charles Sobhraj Pt. 1 Growing up in Vietnam, India and France in the 1940s and ‘50s, Charles Sobhraj never truly fit in anywhere — not even with his family. When they turned their backs on him for good, he became a con man smuggling ...
10.08.2020 Satanic Panic Pt. 2: Serial Killers In the 1980s, “Satanic Panic” was a mass hysteria that consumed communities and ruined lives—all over things that never even happened. In this new five-part series, we’re examining the origins of the panic, tracing back through the decades to see ...
10.05.2020 Satanic Panic Pt. 1: Origins In the 1980s, “Satanic Panic” was a mass hysteria that consumed communities and ruined lives—all over things that never even happened. In this new five-part series, we’re examining the origins of the panic, tracing back through the decades to see ...
10.01.2020 “The Hillside Stranglers” Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. Pt. 2 In the fall of 1977, Los Angeles was on high alert, so 43-year-old Angelo Buono Jr. and 26-year-old Kenny Bianchi knew they had to play it safe. But as their death toll grew even higher, their relationship began to crumble.
09.30.2020 Introducing Blind Dating Can you meet the love of your life doing a socially distanced podcast in your living room? There’s only one way to find out! Every Wednesday on Blind Dating, host Tara Michelle introduces one hopeful single to two strangers in ...
09.28.2020 “The Hillside Stranglers” Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. Pt. 1 These killer cousins terrorized Los Angeles in the late ‘70s. Despite very different upbringings, Angelo Buono Jr. and Kenny Bianchi both formed sadistic attitudes toward women that led to them cruising the streets of Hollywood, posing as undercover cops, patrolling ...
09.25.2020 Solved Murders: The Story of Helen Potts Listeners, we’re excited to bring you an episode from one of our favorite podcasts, Solved Murders: True Crime Mysteries. Every Wednesday on Solved Murders, we explore the days, months, and even years leading up to the closure of a seemingly ...
09.24.2020 “The San Francisco Witch Killers” Michael and Suzan Carson Pt. 2 After their first brutal murder, Suzan and Michael Carson fled San Francisco, intent on continuing their quest to rid the world of witches.
09.21.2020 “The San Francisco Witch Killers” Michael and Suzan Carson Pt. 1 They set out to murder witches in the early 1980s, moving up and down the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Suzan Carson believed she was destined to rid the world of evil… All she needed was a willing follower to ...
09.17.2020 “The Ken and Barbie Killers” Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Pt. 2 On the outside, Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo appeared to be a perfect couple—but they held a dark secret: Paul’s sadistic aggressions were seemingly unstoppable, spurred on by Karla’s compliance. The secrets—and the bodies—piled up.
09.15.2020 New! Incredible Feats with Dan Cummins Humanity’s most daring achievements are coming together in the new Spotify Original from Parcast! Every weekday, Incredible Feats introduces you to a new story of jaw-dropping physical strength, mental focus, and bizarre behavior. Join comedian Dan Cummins as he profiles ...
09.14.2020 “The Ken and Barbie Killers” Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Pt. 1 When Paul Bernardo met his bride-to-be Karla Homolka in October 1987, he had already raped his first victim. But Paul's sadistic sexual appetite only seemed to deepen Karla's desire for him. And when his sick interest turned toward her 15-year-old ...
09.10.2020 “Hannibal the Cannibal” Robert John Maudsley Pt. 2 By torturing and killing his fellow inmate, Robert Maudsley won his escape from Broadmoor Mental Hospital. But when confronted with more pedophiles at Wakefield Prison, he knew he couldn't stay there. Unfortunately, no one was listening to him. And the ...
09.07.2020 “Hannibal the Cannibal” Robert John Maudsley Pt. 1 Abused by his parents from a young age, Robert Maudsley spent his childhood bouncing around orphanages and foster homes before running away in 1969. He spent years living on the streets of London, where he met a man with a ...
09.03.2020 “Night Caller” Eric Edgar Cooke Pt. 2 In 1959, Eric Cooke committed his first murder in the sleepy city of Perth, Australia. And, having gotten away with the crime, it seemed nothing would slow down his bloody rampage.
08.31.2020 “Night Caller” Eric Edgar Cooke Pt. 1 Born in 1931 to a caring mother and alcoholic father, Eric Edgar Cooke had a turbulent home life. His string of break-ins and petty thefts were met with sympathetic authorities who gave Cooke second and third chances… But their leniency ...
08.27.2020 “Double-O Swango” Joseph Swango Pt. 2 While Joseph Swango’s patients died at alarming rates, few people seemed capable of connecting the mysterious deaths with the doctor-in-training. The alarm bells only rang once he began poisoning his colleagues…
08.26.2020 New Parcast Original: Medical Murders We all know that medical professionals are trained to give exceptional care. But in the new Parcast Original, Medical Murders, you’ll discover a disturbing diagnosis… that not every doctor wants to extend your life. Every Wednesday, meet the men and ...
08.24.2020 “Double-O Swango” Joseph Swango Pt. 1 As a teenager in the ‘70s, Joseph Swango had an intense fascination with the macabre, even keeping a scrapbook full of newspaper clippings about murder and car crashes. As he got older, he realized that one career in particular would ...
08.20.2020 “Damsel of Death” Aileen Wuornos Pt. 2 In the late ‘80s, Aileen trolled the highways outside of Daytona, Florida looking for johns. But these days, she was interested in more than sex work. Her johns had always treated her as disposable. Now, armed with a .22 caliber ...
08.17.2020 “Damsel of Death” Aileen Wuornos Pt. 1 More abused than loved, Aileen Wuornos suffered through her childhood in 1960s Michigan. She became a sex worker and petty thief, eventually hitchhiking to Florida—where the work that made her an outcast led to the murder that made her infamous.
08.13.2020 “Programmed to Kill” Charlie Brandt Pt. 2 For decades, it seemed like Charlie Brandt's first murder was a shocking, unexplainable anomoly—something he would never repeat. But in 2004, another violent crime would make headlines, and unearth secrets no one ever saw coming.
08.11.2020 Introducing Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers! Uncover the dirty dealings of history’s most badly behaved presidents in the NEW Spotify Original from Parcast, Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers. Every Tuesday through the 2020 election, Ashley shines a light on the darker side of the American presidency… ...
08.10.2020 “Programmed to Kill” Charlie Brandt Pt. 1 In January 1971, 13-year-old Charlie Brandt retrieved his father's gun and committed a shocking murder, saying it was like he “was sort of programmed to do it.” After 17 months in a mental health facility, he was free, and everything ...
08.06.2020 “The Sunday Morning Slasher” Coral Eugene Watts Pt. 2 By the early 1980s, Watts had stabbed three women to death. As police closed in on him, setting up tails and even bringing him in for questioning—but unable to detain him—he fled to Texas, where he disappeared into the city ...
08.03.2020 “The Sunday Morning Slasher” Coral Eugene Watts Pt. 1 Unable to contain his dark fantasies and suppressed rage, Coral Eugene Watts targeted women in Michigan and Texas starting in 1974, and continuing for nearly a decade. His crime sprees were a reign of terror that for him, brought a ...
07.30.2020 “The Racist Killer” Joseph Paul Franklin Pt. 2 Still desperate to ignite a race war in the United States, Joseph Paul Franklin sought more prominent targets, hoping to draw attention to his cause. But he also found satisfaction in impulsive, isolated murders. When it seemed no one would ...
07.27.2020 “The Racist Killer” Joseph Paul Franklin Pt. 1 He studied Mein Kampf. Changed his name. And joined white supremacist groups across the country. Fueled by hateful rhetoric and armed with guerilla warfare tactics, Joseph Paul Franklin set out to ignite a nationwide race war—right in the midst of ...
07.23.2020 “The Torso Killer” Richard Francis Cottingham Pt. 2 In 1977, Cottingham was married with three kids, two secret girlfriends, and an itch for abusing sex workers. As the years wore on, he developed increasingly bizarre torture rituals, and his crimes escalated in both body count and brutality.
07.20.2020 “The Torso Killer” Richard Francis Cottingham Pt. 1 He had an idyllic childhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, but as Richard Francis Cottingham grew, he began having dark, dehumanizing sexual fantasies about women. When he started working in New York City, he took those violent, twisted dreams and ...
07.16.2020 “The Toolbox Killers” Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris Pt. 2 In 1979, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris sexually assaulted and murdered five teenage girls. For months, authorities were at a loss to explain the disappearances of their victims, but eventually, Norris and Bittaker got reckless, and the crimes of the ...
07.14.2020 Introducing Crime Countdown, A Parcast Original Series! True crime fans: There’s a new Parcast original on the roster, and it’s packed with passionate opinions on the worst serial killers, creepiest cults, coldest cold cases, and all things criminal… Every Monday, co-hosts Ash and Alaina from the hit ...
07.13.2020 “The Toolbox Killers” Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris Pt. 1 They each lived lonely lives, bouncing from jail to jail until a chance meeting in California brought them together in 1978. Bittaker and Norris began a sadistic friendship which evolved into a twisted partnership—one that would eventually claim the lives ...
07.09.2020 “The ABC Killer” Moses Sithole At a young age, Moses Sithole was abandoned by his mother, forcing him to go in and out of a traumatic foster care system. As an adult in the ‘90s, he began enacting his revenge on women in a rampage ...
07.06.2020 “The Chicago Abductor” Brian Dugan In the early ‘70s, a teenaged Dugan had an encounter with one of the most notorious serial killers in the U.S.—a killer whose infamy Dugan would soon match, with a murder spree throughout Chicago’s rural suburbs.
07.02.2020 “Milwaukee North Side Strangler” Walter E. Ellis In his youth, Walter Ellis was prone to fits of physical violence. But as he grew older, he took on the role of a gentle and unsuspecting neighbor. Over the course of 20 years, it was this persona that allowed ...
06.29.2020 “The Hitchhiker Killer” Thor Nis Christiansen Growing up in the California town of Solvang, Thor Nis Christiansen was the quiet son of Danish immigrants. As he grew older, Thor began harboring dark, disturbing fantasies about women. Before his 20th birthday, he would strike for the first ...
06.25.2020 “A Chaotic Life” Andrew Urdiales He endured extreme childhood abuse, served in the Marines, and was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia. Between 1986 and 1996, Andrew Urdiales turned his anger into murder, taking the lives of eight women.
06.22.2020 “Crazy Charlie” Charles Ray Hatcher He spent his life trying to escape jails, mental hospitals, and his urge to kill. From 1961 to 1982, Charles Ray Hatcher murdered at least four people, but he claims to have killed as many as 16 in Missouri, California, ...
06.18.2020 “The Boy Torturer of Boston” Pt. 2: Jesse Pomeroy Sent to a reform school for the remainder of his childhood, Jesse Pomeroy, and his distraught mother, had one shared goal in mind: early release. After only 17 months away, they'd got their wish. And by 1874, Jesse was free ...
06.15.2020 “The Boy Torturer of Boston” Pt. 1: Jesse Pomeroy Born in 1859 with a cleft palate, Jesse Pomeroy's father looked upon his son as weak, and brutally abused him throughout his childhood. Tormented at home and at school, Jesse began to entertain violent fantasies about torturing prisoners. By the ...
06.11.2020 “Hannibal Lecter of Sweden” Sture Bergwall He claimed to be Sweden's first serial killer. Throughout the 1990s, Sture Bergwall made shocking confessions to dozens of brutal murders across Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. But his final confession was the most surprising of them all.
06.09.2020 SNEAK PEAK: SOLVED MURDERS: TRUE CRIME MYSTERIES, A Parcast Original Series! To commemorate its fourth anniversary, Parcast and the team behind Unsolved Murders are taking a closer look at what it takes to catch a killer. In the new series Solved Murders: True Crime Mysteries, you'll follow the clues and uncover ...
06.08.2020 “Warwick Slasher” Craig Price Growing up as one of the few black kids in Warwick, Rhode Island was not easy. By the time Craig Price transitioned from child to teen, the years of racism and bullying had already made a huge impact on his ...
06.04.2020 “Doctor Satan” Pt. 2: Marcel Petiot In 1942, Marcel Petiot's fake escape network, Fly-Tox, was operating at full steam. He took his victim's payment, and instead of helping them start new lives in South America, he murdered them and stored the bodies in his basement. But ...
06.01.2020 “Doctor Satan” Pt. 1: Marcel Petiot Since childhood, Marcel Petiot flaunted a disregard for the rules. As a doctor, he used his charm and influence to enrich his family and get away with his first murder. But when WWII reached Paris, a deadly new scheme began ...

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Serial Killers episodes:

“The Starvation Doctor” Linda Hazzard Pt. 2

True Horror: Top 10 Haunted Crime Scenes

“The Starvation Doctor” Linda Hazzard Pt. 1

“The Hippie Trail Killer” Charles Sobhraj Pt. 2

“The Hippie Trail Killer” Charles Sobhraj Pt. 1

Satanic Panic Pt. 2: Serial Killers

Satanic Panic Pt. 1: Origins

“The Hillside Stranglers” Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. Pt. 2

Introducing Blind Dating

“The Hillside Stranglers” Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. Pt. 1

Solved Murders: The Story of Helen Potts

“The San Francisco Witch Killers” Michael and Suzan Carson Pt. 2

“The San Francisco Witch Killers” Michael and Suzan Carson Pt. 1

“The Ken and Barbie Killers” Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Pt. 2

New! Incredible Feats with Dan Cummins

“The Ken and Barbie Killers” Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Pt. 1

“Hannibal the Cannibal” Robert John Maudsley Pt. 2

“Hannibal the Cannibal” Robert John Maudsley Pt. 1

“Night Caller” Eric Edgar Cooke Pt. 2

“Night Caller” Eric Edgar Cooke Pt. 1

“Double-O Swango” Joseph Swango Pt. 2

New Parcast Original: Medical Murders

“Double-O Swango” Joseph Swango Pt. 1

“Damsel of Death” Aileen Wuornos Pt. 2

“Damsel of Death” Aileen Wuornos Pt. 1

“Programmed to Kill” Charlie Brandt Pt. 2

Introducing Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers!

“Programmed to Kill” Charlie Brandt Pt. 1

“The Sunday Morning Slasher” Coral Eugene Watts Pt. 2

“The Sunday Morning Slasher” Coral Eugene Watts Pt. 1

“The Racist Killer” Joseph Paul Franklin Pt. 2

“The Racist Killer” Joseph Paul Franklin Pt. 1

“The Torso Killer” Richard Francis Cottingham Pt. 2

“The Torso Killer” Richard Francis Cottingham Pt. 1

“The Toolbox Killers” Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris Pt. 2

Introducing Crime Countdown, A Parcast Original Series!

“The Toolbox Killers” Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris Pt. 1

“The ABC Killer” Moses Sithole

“The Chicago Abductor” Brian Dugan

“Milwaukee North Side Strangler” Walter E. Ellis

“The Hitchhiker Killer” Thor Nis Christiansen

“A Chaotic Life” Andrew Urdiales

“Crazy Charlie” Charles Ray Hatcher

“The Boy Torturer of Boston” Pt. 2: Jesse Pomeroy

“The Boy Torturer of Boston” Pt. 1: Jesse Pomeroy

“Hannibal Lecter of Sweden” Sture Bergwall

SNEAK PEAK: SOLVED MURDERS: TRUE CRIME MYSTERIES, A Parcast Original Series!

“Warwick Slasher” Craig Price

“Doctor Satan” Pt. 2: Marcel Petiot

“Doctor Satan” Pt. 1: Marcel Petiot

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