What Makes a Killer
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What Makes a Killer
A look into the life and crimes of the world’s most infamous serial killers. Featuring interviews with family members, forensic experts, law enforcement, and witnesses. From John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer to the “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez and the Butcher of Plainfield, Ed Gein and "Son of...
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S5 Ep13: Bobby Joe Long
In this last episode of season five, we'll examine Floridian serial killer Bobby Joe Long...
1984. Tampa, Florida.
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S5 Ep12: Christopher Hightower
September 22nd, 1991. Guilford, Connecticut. Early that evening, a mysterious man visited the home of Christine Brendel and delivered some shocking ne...
S5 Ep11: Vincent Tabak
Christmas day, 2010. A couple was walking their dog along a remote road in Clifton, an English port city of Bristol, when they happened upon the body...
S5 Ep10: Daniel Lee Siebert
On February 24th, 1986, police in Talladega, Alabama forced their way inside the home of 24-year-old mother and student Sherri Weathers. When she had...
S5 Ep9: The Hillside Stranglers
November 13th, 1977. Los Angeles, California. Young students, Dolores and Sonja were on their way home from a day out shopping, when two police office...
S5 Ep8: Ángel Reséndiz, the Railroad Killer
The residence of 39-year-old Claudia Benton was broken into by a savage intruder. The mother of two, had been brutally beaten, sexually assaulted, and...
S5 Ep7: Robert Ben Rhoades
On April 1st, 1990, an Arizona State Trooper was out on patrol when he spotted a truck pulled over on the side of interstate 10 in Casa Grande. The of...
S5 Ep6: Derrick Bird
June 2010, Cumbria, a predominantly rural county in Northwest England. The peaceful community of Whitehaven, in the county of Cumbria, was about to be...
S5 Ep5: Santé & Kenny Kimes
July 5th, 1998.
Irene Silverman, an 82-year-old New York socialite, was viciously assaulted in her home before being taser...
S5 Ep4: Todd Kohlhepp
In November of 2016, police were investigating the disappearance of a young couple, named Kala and Charlie. The pair had seemingly vanished without a...
S5 Ep3: Keith Jesperson, the Happy Face Killer
In March 1995, the body of 41-year-old Julie Winningham was found just off Highway 14 in Washington State, strangled to death. Julie had become the ei...
S5 Ep2: Karol Kot, the Vampire of Krakow
February 13th, 1966, a group of young children spent the afternoon sledding down the snow-covered hills in Krakow, Poland but one 19-year-old was look...
S5 Ep1: David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam
In July of 1976, two teenage girls were sitting in a car in front of their New York City apartment, when a man approached and fired 5 shots into the v...
What Makes A Killer: Season 5
Join us on a chilling journey into the depths of the human psyche. Welcome to 'What Makes a Killer,' the podcast that explores the twisted minds behin...
Introducing Killers, Cults and Queens
From Audioboom Studios, Nikki Druce and Cheryl Hole (RuPaul's Drag Race UK) will be traveling to the strangest corners of the world, stopping to learn...
S4 Ep13: Ted Bundy
Florida State University, Tallahassee. January 15th, 1978. Around 2:45 am, a man broke into the Chi Omega Sorority House and attacked four women. He w...
S4 Ep12: Aileen Wuornos
1990s Central Florida–a woman posing as a sex worker has made a name for herself by targeting middle-aged, wealthy men with expensive cars, killing th...
S4 Ep11: Angus Sinclair
In October, 1977 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the body of a 17-year-old girl was found on a deserted beach. Then, just a few hours later, the body of a sec...
S4 Ep10: Colin Ireland
March 10th, 1993 in London, England. A man called a national newspaper to declare that he had just killed somebody. The victim had been suffocated to...
S4 Ep9: Danny Rolling
In late August 1990, freshman roommates Christina Powell and Sonja Larson were excitedly preparing for their first semester at the University of Flori...
S4 Ep8: Gary Ridgway, The Green River Killer
1980s Washington. One of the most prolific serial killers of all time, Gary Ridgway, preyed on vulnerable young women, runaways and sex workers. With...
S4 Ep7: Mark Hobson
On July 25th, 1994, a suspected murderer entered a small gas station in North Yorkshire, England. As he browsed the store, the owner of the station re...
S4 Ep6: Diane Downs
May 1984, at the Lane County Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon. A mother of three stands accused of murdering her seven year old daughter, and of the attem...
S4 Ep5: Robert Black
On July 14th, 1990, in Stow, Scotland, a 6-year-old girl was walking to her friend’s house when she was suddenly pulled into a car off the side of the...
S4 Ep4: Robert Berdella, The Kansas City Butcher
It's 1988 in Kansas City, Missouri. Young, vulnerable men are going missing without a trace, and no one can seem to figure out why. A local man named...
S4 Ep3: Robert Lee Yates Jr.
In August of 1998, a woman by the name of Christine Smith was picked up from her usual spot on the notorious downtown strip known as "the track" in Sp...
S4 Ep2: Trevor Hardy, The Beast of Manchester
It’s July, 1975 in Manchester, England. One man, dubbed "The Beast of Manchester" was responsible for sparking immense fear across the city. This "bea...
S4 Ep1: Dennis Rader, The BTK Killer
From 1974-1991, the city of Wichita, Kansas was gripped with fear as a violent serial killer was on the loose. The killer, known to the public by his...
What Makes a Killer: Season 4
What Makes a Killer is a series that chronicles the lives and crimes of the world’s most notorious killers. In every episode, host Jennifer Nittoso wi...
S3 Ep13: Jack Unterweger
It's May 1990, and convicted murderer Jack Unterweger is about to charm his way out of prison. After teaching himself how to read and becoming a well-...
S3 Ep12: Stephen Griffiths, The Crossbow Cannibal
It’s 2010 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Local man, Stephen Griffiths has just returned home from a night out with a woman in tow. Seconds later, she's...
S3 Ep11: Cary Stayner, the Yosemite Park Killer
Yosemite National Park, located in the picturesque Sierra Nevada mountains, was all but serene for five months in 1999. Fear ran rampant as four women...
S3 Ep10: Horst Kroner
On December 2nd 2015, Horst Kroner boarded a plane to Thailand, intending to spend his vacation sleeping with various women. While he was away, neighb...
S3 Ep9: Michael Ryan
On August 19th 1987, the citizens of Hungerford in Berkshire woke up to a seemingly picturesque summer's day. While a mother sat in a park with her ch...
S3 Ep8: Stefano Brizzi
April 7th, 2016, police were called to the Peabody Estate in South London after receiving complaints from tenants about a putrid smell. The two police...
S3 Ep7: Marc Dutroux
In the summer of 1996, all of Belgium was in shock when two young girls who had been kidnapped, raped, and tortured were rescued from a makeshift dung...
S3 Ep6: Roy Whiting
It's July 1st, 2000, and an eight year old schoolgirl is playing in a field outside of her grandparent’s house at Littlehampton in West Sussex. She di...
S3 Ep5: Raoul Moat
In July 2010 in Northumberland England, a jealous ex-boyfriend goes on a violent rampage after deciding that police have taken too much from him, incl...
S3 Ep4: Beverley Allitt, the Angel of Death
In April 1991, doctors at Grantham and Kesteven hospital in Lincolnshire were perplexed. In just two months, the health of 13 children had mysteriousl...
S3 Ep3: Mark Bridger
On October 3rd, 2012, Coral Jones gave an emotional televised appeal for the safe return of her daughter, April. The five-year-old had been missing fo...