For over a year, two men turned the Phoenix Valley into a shooting gallery. The killings were random, the weapons kept changing, and police were already hunting one serial killer when they realized a second pair of shooters was operating at the same time. The break came from the last place anyone expected: a bar stool confession after too many drinks.

David and Ryan break down the full Phoenix Serial Shooters case, from the investigation to the trial to the appeal. You'll hear how an emergency wiretap caught Dale Hausner and Sam Dietman on tape mocking their own victims, why the prosecutor's plea deal structure was a masterclass in trial strategy, and what happened when Hausner told the judge to skip mitigation and just give him death. If you lived in the Valley during 2005 and 2006, this one hits different.

Topics discussed:

00:00 - Introduction

01:06 - Two serial killers terrorizing Phoenix at the same time

01:53 - How the killings started and escalated

04:48 - The drunken confession that broke the case

09:00 - The emergency wiretap and what police heard

17:02 - The trial: 88 counts and the verdict

19:48 - Dietman's plea deal and a brilliant prosecution move

26:00 - Hausner waives mitigation and asks for death

33:06 - The appeal: was the wiretap legal?

37:00 - The ethics of defending the indefensible

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