True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

By Dan Zupansky

TRUE MURDER—The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History.
Every week host Dan Zupansky will interview the true crime authors that have written about the most shocking killers of al... more

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  1. Number 1: TROPHY KILL:The Sequel—Dan Zupansky

    The Ravenous Paparazzi had descended on Winnipeg, anxious for any photos, or any story involving Jennifer Lopez and her castmates, Susan Saarndon and Richardf Gere, in the Miramx 's followup to "Chaicago", being filmed in Winnipeg, instead of Toronto—because of the fear of the SARS epidemic, On July 1st, 2003, Winnipeg Police were called by a representative for the "Shall We Dance" movie, to report that a gold necklace belonging to Susan Sarandon had been stolen from Sarandon's trailer on a outdoor movie shoot location near the Legislative Building that morning..The next morning, July 2nd, around 9:30 a.m., Sidney Teerhuis walked calmly through the visitors entrance into the Winnipeg Remand Center.. He said to a guard there, "I would like to speak to someone. I found a body chopped up in my bathtub, and I've turned myself in because I've killed somebody". On July 1st, Susan Sarandon and her assistant, called police from the set of "Shall We Dance".to report the theft of some of Sarandon's jewelry, including her gold chain necklace, with amber amulet depicting the 3 saint Christophers , featured prominently. in the film. The next morning, July 2nd,phers around 9:30 a.m., Sidney Teerhuis walked through the visitors entrance into the Winnipeg Remand Center.. He said to a guard, "I would like to speak to someone. I found a body chopped up in my bathtub, and I've turned myself in because I've killed somebody". At the rented room police found the victim dismembered, beheaded, sawn in half, disemboweled and castrated with the chest sliced open and all of the internal organs missing!One eye had been removed and the body was posed, almost entirely bloodless, crudely reassembled. Hollywood mega-celebrity Susan Sarandon's stolen gold necklace was found a few feet away from the True-Murder-, Shocking-Serial-Killer Spectacle. Obsessed with celebrity, his role models, legendary serial killers, Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy—armed with Susan Sarandon's stolen jewelry, Sidney, suddenly takes his next shocking.step in fulfilling his diabolical plan—to achieve his ultimate fantasy...TROPHY KILL:The"Shall We Dance" Murder—The Trial and Revelations of a Psychopathic Killer—Dan Zupansky

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  2. Number 2: CONFESSIONS OF THE GREEN RIVER KILLER—Maria DiLorenzo

    A startling profile of one of the most prolific serial killers and the disturbing experience of the journalist who earned his trust for the sake of justice.When crime journalist Maria DiLorenzo mailed a letter to Gary Ridgway, she never expected him to reply. He refused to speak to reporters and would send only religious materials back to anyone who contacted him in prison—if he replied at all. But instead of silence or a boilerplate letter, Maria’s phone rang–and it was the Green River Killer calling.Over the next several years, Ridgway would call Maria hundreds of times, using all of his free time in prison to speak with her. Her goal: to pry the details of his dozens of unidentified and unsolved murders from him. His motivation in speaking to her: unknowable. Through these hundreds of hours of phone calls, Ridgway revealed new details about his life, his crimes, and his motives – and manipulated Maria much like he tormented his victims.An insightful and deeply personal profile of a dangerous mind, Confessions of the Green River Killer is the closest depiction of Gary Ridgway ever seen and a disturbing glimpse into what it’s like to truly know a killer. Experience Gary Ridgway through the eyes and ears of a woman he came to deeply trust—and deeply covet. CONFESSION OF THE GREEN RIVER KILLER: A True Story of Manipulation, Madness and A Search for Justice-Maria DiLorenzo

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  3. Number 3: SERIAL CITY—G.H. Cliff

    At the turn of the twenty-first century, Detroit investigators faced a nightmare few police divisions ever encounter: multiple serial predators operating at the same time, in the same city, often targeting vulnerable victims in overlapping neighborhoods.To the public, the crimes appeared scattered. A schoolgirl attacked on her way to class. A woman assaulted before dawn. A victim deceived, coerced, or ambushed. A body discovered. Separate incidents. Separate headlines.Inside Detroit’s Major Crimes Division, a more disturbing picture began to form. As detectives compared reports, victim statements, timelines, geography, and behavior, the investigation became something far more difficult than a search for a single suspect. The city was not hunting one predator.It was hunting several. SERIAL CITY: Detroit and the Hunt for Multiple Serial Predators—G.H.Cliff

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  4. Number 4: FIVE EVIL WOMEN—Joanna Bourke

    Why do certain women become icons of evil? This book offers the first comparative, non-sensationalist account of five of the most reviled women in the modern Anglophone world: Myra Hindley, Rosemary West, Aileen Wuornos, Karla Homolka, and Karla Faye Tucker. It examines their lives, crimes, and cultural reception in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada, asking how violence committed by women is understood, judged, and remembered. Going beyond moral outrage or tabloid headlines, the book explores how concepts of “evil” are shaped by history, belief systems, and social context. Through historical and ethical reflections, it offers a deeper, more critical engagement with female violence and considers how society should respond to those who commit acts of unimaginable harm. FIVE EVIL WOMEN: Hindley, West, Wournos, Homolka, Tucker—Joanna Bourke

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  5. Number 5: THE VAMPIRE'S CULT—-Chet Hardin

    A self-proclaimed vampire.His harem of “witches.”And the small-town murder that shocked America.When twenty-four-year-old Sydney Loofe disappeared after a Tinder date, the quiet town of Wilber, Nebraska was stunned. Days later, her dismembered body was found scattered across nearby fields—and the horrifying truth began to emerge. Sydney hadn’t just met the wrong man. She had crossed paths with a deeply disturbed psychopath and his dangerous accomplice.In The Vampire’s Cult, investigative journalist Chet Hardin exposes the twisted world of Aubrey Trail, an aging con man who presented himself as an all-powerful being, and Bailey Boswell, the woman who called herself his “queen.” Together, they lured vulnerable young women into a spiral of sex, theft, and psychological manipulation—with deadly consequences.Through exclusive interviews, firsthand reporting, and chilling detail, Hardin unravels the making of a modern cult—and the social desperation that feeds it. In an era defined by false realities and toxic charisma, The Vampire’s Cult reveals just how easily darkness can disguise itself as devotion.THE VAMPIRE'S CULT: The Untold Story of Obsession, Control, and a Small Town Murder—Chet Hardin

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