Due to the graphic nature of this killers crimes listener discretion is advised. This episode includes discussions of murder, sexual assault, physical violence and nazi ideology. We advise extreme caution for children under thirteen Gerda. Cargo was not having a good Friday night after a long ago, still weak working at a factory in the outskirts of Berlin. She might nothing more than to get home to her bed. This city was, or a wartime blackout and Gerdas carriage was almost completely dark, combined with the motion of the train. It was soothing and she'd fallen, asleep and missed her stop. She managed to switch trains and started cutting back in the right direction, but she could see a ticket inspector heading the aisle towards her no longer on her original train. She knew she was going to be charged, fine one. She couldn't afford to pay gap,

the looked up at the uniformed young man and told him what had happened she braced for the worst, but the man smiled sympathetically. It happens all the time he told her ride with me and you'll be fine. She gladly accepted the friendly stranger and followed him into an empty carriage but soon after the train left, the station, the man turned to Guerra and he was unrecognizable gone was the kind ticket inspector replaced with a man possessed looking at his face. Gerda was terrified. She knew she made a terror a mistake. Hi, I'm great pulsing. This is serial killers, Spotify original from our cast

episode we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers today were exploring the killing sprit of Paul O Corso. Berlin's S. Bond murderer, I'm here with my co host Venice Richardson high everyone. You can find episode of serial killers and all other Spotify originals from par cast for free on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcast today, but look at our Gore's those rise through the ranks of the Nazi party. How we took advantage of wartime blackouts too frightened and attack women and watch as its attacks escalate to murder on Board Berlin's railroad system. In part, two, will cover O Gore's those murder spree aboard the S bond trains and how investigators finally brought him down We ve got all that in more coming up stay with us, listeners. If you love our podcast serial killers, this news for you beginning Org, Second we're moving exclusively to Spotify. That doesn't mean

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forty and nineteen. Forty five Nazi Germany systematically killed more than six million jewish people and millions of others who were part of groups that the Third Reich deemed quote undesirable over the decades. Since there have been many attempts to make sense of this unfathomable prosody, and in particular how so many ordinary Germans were persuaded to join the Nazi movement at the Nuremberg elsewhere. Nazi war criminals were prosecuted, many the accused, famously defended themselves by saying they were just following orders. This begs the question: can good people really be persuaded to join an evil cause, or this evil simply give bad people an excuse to indulge their worst impulses in the case of Paulo Gore? So it was certainly the latter. He was born in nineteen twelve in a small village in what was then EAST Prussia,

was the child of a farm worker, Maria Zaga and a father whose name wasn't listed on his birth certificate. There is very little information available about Paul's early life until he was adopted at the age of twelve. That was a nineteen twenty four, He was taken in by farmer named Johannaeum, Corso and relocated with him to Germany. They ultimately settled in the small town of knowing about thirty seven kilometers western Berlin. O Gozo had a stable life, their first working as Labour on his father's farm and later at a nearby steel factory, but he found his true com in a rising political movement. That was reshaping the nation, of course, ok, of age along the far right national socialist german workers party, more we known as the Nazi Party, they promoted violet nationalism, Anti Marxism and Anti Semitism

though it now stands as an indelible symbol of monstrosity and mass murder. The Nazi party was then on the floor. judges of german politics, but its influence was growing with the assent of charismatic orator, Adolf Hitler in nineteen thirty. As soon as a girl so turned eighteen, heed when the Nazi Party, three years later, when the Nazi seized power, many other Germans began joining, but Rizzo, wasn't early adopter and getting into the ground floor conferred status as such, he rose quickly within the ranks. Oh Gozo, became part of the stir mocked. I long also known as the S a this was the parties paramilitary branch, who were essentially the muscle. big brutish men who did the parties dirty work? This often involved beating up people who were either marginalized or part of an opposing political group. Distinct from the regular army. The S

They were known as thuggish vigilantes and the mere sight of them could strike fear into them. Hearts of ordinary people throughout Berlin as a new We're crude among their ranks, o Gore, so got his first taste of real power, but us is going to take over the psychology here and throughout the episode. Please note: Vanessa is not a licence. Ecologists, psychiatry list, but she has done a lot of research, for this show thanks Gregg over the decades, since the term was first coined. Many systems have been used to classify cereal, there's one of the most common divides killers into four categories describe their primary motivation: Visionary killers miss an oriented killers, hedonistic killers and power control killers. This last type of killer get pleasure from controlling and dominating their victims and from stalking their prey. According to criminology, Professor Scott Bonn, the power control killer enjoys getting too

side. When how and under what circumstances his victims will die. We'll see, as this story unfolds, that Al Gore so fits the mould of a power control killer, which, be why he was drawn to the essay for the time being, though his acts, violence were limited to those that were sanctioned by his nazi superiors. Endorses courier outside of the party was also gathering steam in nineteen. ready for he was hired as a manual labor for Germany's National Rail Road, Deutscher Reich's by among other lines, company, ran Berlin's S. Bond train, a rapid transit system transporting thousands of passengers into at around the city each day though he started out at the bottom of the latter laying track for the railroad o Gozo soon worked here. Way up in the Reich's Bonn, just as he had in the Nazi Party in the mid nineteen thirties, he was hired as an assistant signalman at Ramos Bourgh Depot, an interchange in the eastern suburbs

Berlin with his career now on a role. It was time for O Gore so to turn its attention to the homefront marriage and Dr Weir, a major part of the nazi ideology. In fact, in nineteen thirty, three Hitler introduced a law for the encouragement of marriage, which gave incentives to areas couples to wet and procreate as an ambitious young party member Google so needed a wife and children at home, and he was determined to secure the picture. Perfect life in nineteen. Thirty seven, he married a sales woman named Gertrude out Siegel on and the couple soon had two children two years after the wedding, Igor so moved his family to the residential neighbourhood of Carl's Horst. It wasn't easy commute to his job at the train depot. Just ten minutes by bike or forty by foot to outsiders, o Gozo looked to be living, the suburban dream being so close to work. Many didn't have to spend too

time away from his family and neighbours, often sign playing with the children out in the garden of his apartment, building at work here known as a reliable and efficient employee, adept at multitasking com and a crisis, but oh Gore's, those respectable The sod hit a fiery and irrational nature, which emerged only behind closed doors or Corso was obsessed with the idea that Gertrude was cheating at him more than once he came on early from work planted to catch her in the act, but he never did because Gertrude was always faithful, but the truth didn't matter. O Gozo was certain tat. His wife was cheating and that conviction made him increasingly violent and abusive towards her. No matter what Gertrude S said, or did she couldn't convince him? Otherwise, this irrational

leave might speak to something deeper inaugural, so in a rational but powerful sense of rage towards women. The lack of information about, of course, those childhood means we have to speculate a little here. However, we know that he was an illegitimate child in the parliaments of the time and made I've had a father figure until he was adopted at twelve, it's possible about Gaza, reset it his mother for having him outside of wedlock. Perhaps he saw this as an indication that she was untrustworthy or had loose moral, and this attitude about women eventually seeped into his marriage. Whatever the case, of course, those Miss Saunders earnest rage, eventually spilled out into the open. The route between our torsos home and workplace took him through a client, almost bucolic plot of gardens. These areas were common throughout Germany at the time full of lush fruit, trees, manicured, bushes and small allotments, where residents grew their own produce.

For most people. The gardens were a respite, a calming and restorative place to begin and end the work day, but for a Gore, so they were a hunting ground in the summer of nineteen thirty nine World WAR, two was still a few months away, but it was already transforming Berlin in preparation for potential attacks. The german government ordered the city to prepare for black not that short notice, meaning that all light sources would be cut off. After dark in some public spaces outside of the city center, like the gardens blackouts went into effect immediately, the goal was to make it harder for british bombers to find targets, but it had an unintended consequence of making the city more hospital for a predator, like Al Gore. So soon after midnight on August thirteenth, nineteen, thirty nine o Gorka was prowling the garden. So the Friedrich fell district near his home. In the distance he saw a woman in early forties, Lena Boots and ski

who was walking home from the train station along the darkened garden path. Oh good, those started following Lena. He didn't make much effort to be quiet, and she soon realized. She wasn't alone afraid she broke into run, praying she wouldn't trip on the pitch black path. As she reached the gate of her property. She heard heavy breathing behind her and felt a blinding pain at the back of her head. It took her a moment to realise that Al Gore so had hit her without hesitating. He stabbed her in the back four times, concussed dazed and losing blood rapidly Lena, couldn't think clearly, extraordinarily though she was able to gather her strength and make an adrenaline fuelled dash for safety, she made it inside her house and frantically lock the door behind her outside o Gozo,

led. His first attempted murder hadn't gone remotely to plan frustrated and humiliated. He went home to lick. His wounds, meanwhile Lena survived to tell her story, but the hospital she was questioned by police last, her to describe her attackers, appearance and voice, but our board so haven't spoken, and the path was too dark for her to make out his face. She had no solid information to give them, even if she had the chaos of war. Time would soon mean the police's resources stretch, then, on September, first, nineteen, thirty nine. Just two weeks after a Gore's those attack on Lena Germany invaded Poland, world war, two had begun objects or gorse or uses the war to his own murderous advantage,

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road and was a valued member of the reigning Nazi party. But despite his party, affiliation or Corso had no particular interest in doing his part to support the war effort. Instead, he was taking advantage of the wartime conditions to fulfil his own perverse and violent, urges with so many men called to serve on the front lines: Berlin, suburbs were now full of housewives who suddenly found them. selves alone and vulnerable. Given the black outcome, actions during the evenings that vulnerability was only heightened as a man who wanted desperately to humiliate scare and harm women. Of course, was surrounded by temptation, but he was also cautious. After his attack on leather boots and ski hadn't gone to plan, he didn't think she'd seen enough of his face to identify but he couldn't be sure. So while he wasn't worried enough to stay away from the gardens he retreat

into more mild offences for awhile attacks designed to scare but not physically harm over the next. Months or Corso ambush numerous women by shining his flashlight directly into their eyes, it might sound like a juvenile prank until you consider just how disorienting it is to go from total darkness too bright light in the middle of a quiet city park picture, it you're gulf by darkness, carefully, making your way along a path. That's illuminated We buy the night sky, suddenly Your eyes are flooded with a light so bright that you are forced to squint, blinded dazed and frightened. You hear a stir.

Injures voice, shouting crude sexual remarks from somewhere that feels uncomfortably close. This is the deeply creepy experience that many women had with our gorse o during the fall of nineteen. Thirty nine many reported the incidents to the police, but because they couldn't see past the glare of his flashlight, they couldn't give a description of their attacker. but merely scaring his victims didn't keep Al Gore's o satisfied for long under the cover of darkness. He stalked and terrorized. The women of his neighborhood all told, of course, are reportedly attack more than thirty women, but for the story were only going to describe the attacks that amounted to attempted murder, because those are the incidents we have clear details of four months after his attack on no boots and ski o Gordo was ready to try killing again in the predawn hours of December, Fourteenth nineteen, thirty nine. He was stocking his regular path through the gardens.

Little way ahead of him. He saw a nineteen year old hair, tell Ya Linsky walking home from the S bond station, though herder was exhausted. After a long day at work, she was alert enough to notice the footsteps behind her but squinting through the darkness. She couldn't see anybody, trying to quell her panic heritage began running as fast as she could desperate to make it back to her house behind her. Oh Gozo was in hot pursuit, though hair to undo the path will be absolute darkness made a treacherous or Corso was larger that heritage and more accustomed to navigating the gardens and the dark within moments. He caught up to her

and grabbed her without hesitation, o Gordo, stabbed hair tat in the neck them again and again, miraculously he missed both her arteries and her vocal cords. This meant that hair tat was able to scream loudly Inductor Spook, o Gore, so with her cry echoing out into the dark, he fled the scene. It up Nick after his previous failures augurs well already had good reason to fear being caught, and now he left. Yet another survivor to tell the tale fell a while, after its attack on heritage, he laid blow resorting to low level crimes like ambushes. Women with his flesh, these incidents are another indication of a Gore's those deep craving for power and control. Though he took a break from violent crime. He still got a thrill out of catching women off guard terrifying and disorienting them and humiliating them with crude sexual remarks.

To research psychologist Marisa Harrison. Humiliation is often linked to the desire for domination and control. By pushing women and verbally harassing them. Oh Gore, so wanted to make them feel powerless, thereby making himself feel power For these seemingly non violent attacks had the advantage of being much less interesting to law enforcement. The Berlin police were aware that somebody was attacking women in the gardens at night, but since nobody had been killed and there was little evidence for them to pursue the case went nowhere this summer of nineteen, forty as the war raged on oh Gore's, those confidence was building. There was no indication that either of his surviving victims had been able to identify him and he was ready to try and kill again. Surely he figured the third time would be the charm,

around one thirty. I am on July. Twenty seventh or Corso set its sights on twenty five year old Gertrude knees, font who was walking through the gardens to her parents house once again a goose. I didn't make much effort to be stealthy. An Gertrude soon realise that somebody was following her. She walked more quickly, trying not to panic. Maybe someone else was simply walking home from the station the same way as her, but when she reached her parents, House Gertrude saw or gorse o emerge from the darkness, he was standing just a couple of paces away with an unreadable expression on his face, then, in a calm tone

asked. Are you going in here? Gertrude was confused, but not panicked. Was this man trying to hit on her tired and a little impatient? She told him. Yes, then she told him that if he didn't leave her alone, she would cry out for help or gorgeous response was chilling. He simply said dot cry yet then, in a flash he hid her hard over the head and said her in the neck with his pocket knife when he stabbed her again, Gertrude screamed and oh Gordo flood the scene. Gertrude was gorse third attempt at murder and his third failure, but despite the mounting body of evidence, is not clear how seriously the police were investigating these attacks. So three weeks later, o Gore's o tried again this time he was determined to me

sure his victim couldn't scream for help in the early hours of August twenty first forty year old Julie, Schumacher was walking home through the dark and gardens after getting off a late shift at work. Suddenly, her Vision was flooded by an unbearably bright light, temporarily, a blinding her. It was Al Gore so at his flashlight, as you ve helped in alarm or Gozo moreover, the head with a heavy, led cable knocking her unconscious once he made absolutely sure she was out o gorse or raped her after that he walked. When you came round and alerted the authorities, she remember much about her attacker at all, but during a forensic examined, the hospital a doctor found seamen. Confirming that there was a rapist operating in the Friedrich felt the garden district. Taking

all the evidence into account. The police classified all four of the attack so far on Lena boots in ski heritage. Yavlinsky Gertrude Meis Fond annually as attempted murders, they were also aware of a Gore's. Those other less violent attacks that have taken place in the same area, it's not clear why, of course, I didn't go through with killing Uli, given aid attempted murder several times before. Perhaps he thought the head wound had been fatal. Or perhaps he simply wasn't in the mood for more bloodshed- that night that changed soon enough. A couple of weeks later, o Gozo attacked and now

a woman who he saw walking home alone through the gardens. At least she seemed to be alone in a pitch black clearing between two rows of allotments or gorse struck the woman barely a time to screen before his hands closed around her neck. He squeezed hard trying to simultaneously silence her and make her lose consciousness. The woman bought him hard, knowing that help was near by unbeknown to a Corso, her husband Brother in law were on their way to meet her and as soon as they heard her screaming day came running, The two men pulled off course away and beat him savagely. He was able to flee the scene and hide among the bushes, but once again he left yet another survivor who could identify him, and this time there were two other witnesses. were now eight people out there who had either survived or witnessed his crimes and my

be able to identify him to police. Clearly, a Gordo strategy wasn't sustainable, but despite his fear of getting caught abandoning his violet, pre, wasn't even a consideration for him and it soon occurred to the Wanna be killer that he had another option Oh Gozo, realized he'd been overlooking a huge advantage by virtue of his work for the railroad. He had unfettered access to the S bond train system and a uniform that gave him the appearance of a the wordy with so many men at war. The trains were mostly full of women travelling alone, looking at O Gore, so they We see a young man at work and authority figure. They could trust, in other words, he'd found a perfect new. hunting ground coming up or Corso begins. His killing spree aboard the S body

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twenty seven year old, Paulo Gore was on edge. He'd made a huge mistake, attack a woman. He believed to be alone who was actually with her husband and brother in law. He was beaten savagely and the bungled attack, but managed to get away days later. He was still looking over her shoulder worried that police would tracking down, of course, had a plan, a new way to find victims that was far more efficient and far safer than stalking neighbourhood. Gardens at night of course, our job working as a signal man for the Berlin S. Bond train line gave them ample opportunities to hunt for victims and thanks to the escalating war across Europe, another advantage soon dropped into his lap on August twenty fifth, teen, forty british bombs fell on Berlin for the first time in Response Jim, The initiated the blitz a two hundred sixty seven day long

slot of bombing on cities across Britain throughout the blitz city, simple, Germany and Britain expanded their mandated blackouts, turning out as many might sources as possible to make it harder for bombers defined targets at night. girls had already existed in some areas outside of the city centre like the gardens where a Corso had previously hunted for his victims, but now the blackouts expanded to include all public spaces. Crucially, this included carriages out above ground trains like the US. As a result, the trains were almost completely dark at night, as were the station platforms. Only every other light bulb was permitted to be on and could be used only half the normal light level the result was a dusky murky kind of semi light. Having worked on the railroad four years ago, zone knew the trains like the back of his hand. even in the near darkness

move around and between the cars with confidence. Additionally, his uniform, let em an air of trustworthiness. Nobody would look twice at a young s bought employ patrolling the carriages at night. It was the perfect scenario for a budding young killer, desperate to finally find a victim. He could, power on the night of Friday September 20th, one thousand nine hundred and forty ogor, so put his new plan into action walking calmly through one of the train compartments. He cast his gaze from left to right, squinting, carefully to the darkness. Soon enough. His eye fell on a young woman who looked nervous. Her name was Gerda Cargo and she was in trouble.

exhausted. After a long week at work, Gerda had fallen asleep on a different s, bond train and missed her stop. She got off the first train at onto our horses, which would take her back to her rich of destination, but because of her mistake, her ticket was no longer valid She knew she'd have to pay a fine. The conductor stopped her. Oh Gozo watched Garriga shifting nervously in her seat ass. He approached her. He made a point of smiling and asking. lightly. If she was all right, as Gerda explained what had happened or gorse nodded sympathetically, he knew exactly how it felt to be dog tired. At the end of the week he told her people fell asleep on the trains. All the time tat. He was sure the ticket inspector, what stand, Gerda felt reassured having an S bond employee on her side, and she felt it in better when o Gozo offered her a free ticket upgrade inviting

heard a ride with him in the more comfortable and spacious second class car. At this time of night second class was invariably empty. meeting Garrett. I would be all alone with Algor so, but she wasn't thinking about that. She was thinking about how helpful this train employee was being and how badly she could use a break tonight. So she accepted the offer and followed. Of course, I went to the empty darkened second class compartment just moments The door closed. O Gore so turned to garriga his face. Barely illuminated by a half lid incandescent bulb, but even The dim light his face looked suddenly different. His kind expression was gone before Gerda had time to react. Corso put his hands around her neck and began to angle her but he'd underestimated her Gerda was a factory worker

and her job involved a lot of manual labor. She was strong. She fought Gozo tooth and nail struggling to break free of his grip and trying to push passed him toward the train door, but before she could make it, she collapsed. The oxygen deprivation finally overwhelming her Gerda had simply passed out, but oh Gore's o believed he had killed her for me meant he allowed himself to enjoy it. The pure thrill of her finally taken alive after so many failed attempts. But of course I knew we didn't have much time to Basque. Nor was there time for him to rape Gerda before the train reached its next stop. Vs bond stations worked very far. part panicked. A goose I dragged garroters dead weight over the train door, slid it open and through her, from the moving carriage. Then he tells trouble

longings out after her to ensure there was no evidence for anyone to find by the time the train arrived at the next station. There was no trace of Garriga left behind You can tell a lot about the mindset of a serial killer by the way he disposes of his victims bodies, whether the bodies posed or dismembered or preserved. Oh God, go through Gerda out of a moving train as if she were nothing more than trash. This clearly indicates a total lack of remorse and humanity, but it also tallies with the Nazi ideology added core knots ISM was about the dehumanization of certain groups, including those were jewish Romany algae BT, Q, I plus or disabled Nazis, famously referred to jewish people and other targets as rats according to David Livingston Smith, a philosopher and professor who writes extensively about the psychology of crew

T dehumanization often lay the groundwork for murder and genocide in an inner You with MP are Psmith noted that its very difficult psychologically to kill another human being up close and in cold blood or to inflict atrocities on them, but dehumanizing a victim or a group of victor We can make it easier to overcome this psychological barrier having been a nazi since he was eighteen, o Gore so was well accustomed to seeing other people as less than human he'd spend his entire adult life steeped in a mindset that made it acceptable and desirable to eradicate individuals that were deemed inferior. It's not hard to see how he made the leap to killing and his downtime, but four would be cereal murderer or Georgia was terrible. It actually killing people just like us for previous victims, Gerda survive

despite having been both strangled and thrown from a moving train. She awoke entered embankment near the tracks in pain, but able to scream for help after Garriga was taken to the hospital the police investigated her claim that a man had thrown her from the train, but they reportedly dismissed much of her story as a hoax designed to cover up the embarrassing truth. She had been drunk and fell off the train. There was a sliver of truth here. Gerda had apparently enjoyed a couple of drinks before getting other train, but there's no indication she was drunk when of course or attacked her

still. This version of events was good enough for the police accidents had become common on the railroad ever since the blackouts began, and even if the authorities did believe Gerda, there was nothing to link this attack to those in the gardens of Friedrich Felder. Despite his sloppiness, o Corso was in the clear as far as or gorse or knew he had finally killed. Someone can be adrenaline. High was dizzying just as he thought. The train was an ideal place for him to find victims, and he was already looking forward to his next hunt. He was feeling so confident in fact, but he decided to experiment with something different on the evening of October. First, nineteen, forty o Georgia, was standing on the platform of the rumbles Burg.

bond station. When twenty year old Gertrude, I did her caught his eye. She was beautiful and alone one of the many women whose husband was away at war. That night she felt especially isolated in the darkness of the station now was seasoned. Predator o Gozo knew how to spot vulnerability in his targets. He strode boldly up to gear Trudy in his starched, uniform and

her out on a date, in contrast to his usual M, o o gorse, I had no intention of attacking Gertrude it at night. You didn't try to persuade her to go anywhere with him. Instead, he was playing the long game. Ogres O suggested that he could come and see Gertrude S sometime flattered by the attention. Gertrude S said yes and gave him her address three days later late on the evening of October. Fourth, nineteen forty or Corso Pater a visit their true to let him in. Of course, she had agreed to this tryst and things began. Justice she'd expected the couple exchanged flirting. A small talk over drinks, the sub text of their evening looming large from the beginning, of course, all played its part well, that of an ordinary young man, just looking to hook up when the opportunity struck, but he had a different, much darker goal in mind beyond betting, a married woman at some stage, the mood of

aptly shifted. O Gozo rubbed his hands around Gertrude S, throat and squeezed thence. After the neck, severing her carotid artery as Gertrude a blood out, o Gordo pocketed his knife and slipped out of her house. Under the blackout darkness, he hopped onto a trained, headed east and arrived home to his family, the suburbs ass. He lay down beside his wife, whose name, let's not forget, was also Gertrude her, perhaps his mind, wandered to his latest victim. How long would it take for her body to be found? It wasn't long, though,

Following day, an annex XVII employee arrived at Gertrude S house to check on her children. The annex XVII was the Nazi government unit overseeing, among other things, child welfare, for reasons that are clear. The authorities had been threatening to take your truth as children into care for some time expecting a routine visit DNS the employee instead stumbled upon a nightmarish seen in

sighed, the house he found Gertrude his body on the kitchen floor when the police arrived, they found a kitchen knife underneath Gertrude, his body which was sent for forensic examination, but soon it became clear it wasn't the murder weapon. There also know defensive wounds or forensic evidence on the body. Despite this, it was clear that their true to his death was a homicide, but there wasn't much else to go on. Investigators didn't connect her murder to any other crimes. The ammo was so different from any of the gorge. Those prior attacks that they couldn't have not yet or gorse. Oh may well planned at this. As a party insider, he likely had some insight into how the government operated in open resources were stretched by the war. By constantly changing his m o, he made himself almost impossible to track. Then again, this might be giving a Gore's o too much. Credit is equally possible that he was simply a clumsy monster

got lucky in the chaos of war. It was easy for a deathlike Gertrude as to fall through the cracks and just like the war, o Gordo was only just getting started thanks again for turning into serial killers, we'll be back soon with part two. Where will explore a gorgeous extensive murders, free on board the S Bonn throughout the height of World WAR two and how police finally brought him for more information on Paulo Gozo. Amongst the many sources we used, we found Scott Andrew Cell Bees book a serial killer in

see Berlin. The chilling true story of the S bond murderer extremely helpful in our research. You can find all episodes of serial killers and all other Spotify originals from park ass for free on Spotify will see you next time have a killer. Weak serial killers is a spot, a fire regional from par cast. Executive producers include MAX and Wrong Cutler Sound designed by Michael Langer, with production assistance by IRAN, Shapiro Trent, Williamson, Carly, Madden and Bruce Couteau bitch. This episode of serial killers was written by Emma dipped in with writing assistance by Jo Callin fact, checking by Hayley, Milkin and research by Brian Petrus and Chelsea would serial killers stars Gregg Paulson and Vanessa Richardson

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