In 1979, a man who had applied to be a police officer multiple times, who had ridden along in squad cars with the very detectives hunting the Hillside Strangler, who had bought a fake psychology degree and opened a counseling practice — was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, for strangling two women. Without his cousin beside him, he had left evidence everywhere. As if the part of him that planned had always belonged to someone else.
In Ypsilanti, Michigan, a decade earlier, an honor student, tri-captain of the football team, star pitcher, fraternity brother who opened doors for women and stood when a woman entered the room — was offering rides to young women hitchhiking near campus. Seven of them did not get out of the car. When police questioned him, they noted he was "a personable sort" and accepted his alibi at face value.
Kenneth Bianchi was a Gemini. John Norman Collins was a Gemini.
This episode is about the con — not seduction, not the accomplice, not the double life. The con. The performance of normalcy so thorough, so relentless, so detailed that trust itself became the weapon. Mercury as the ferryman: he does not force, he does not threaten. He offers the ride. And you get in — because he does not look dangerous. That was the whole point. Six warning signs, including the capstone: when the mask never comes off, the mask is the face.
Featuring: Kenneth Bianchi | John Norman Collins.
Sources: Wikipedia | Los Angeles court records | Michigan court records | Murderpedia | FBI
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