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In the mid-1940s, Chicago was a city gripped by a unique kind of terror. It wasn’t the mob wars or the wartime rationing that kept people awake—it was the phantom breaking into high-rise apartments and leaving behind a plea scrawled in red: "For heaven's sake catch me before I kill more. I cannot control myself."

In this episode of True Crimecast, John and Jamie dissect the case of William Heirens, the 17-year-old University of Chicago student labeled "The Lipstick Killer." From the brutal murder of Josephine Ross to the horrific kidnapping and dismemberment of 6-year-old Suzanne Degnan, we look at the crimes that shocked a nation. But the story doesn't end with an arrest. We dive into the controversial interrogation of a teenager—involving "truth serum," allegations of police brutality, and a confession that Heirens would spend the next 65 years trying to take back

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