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The Criminal Makeup

71: The Amazon Review Killer – The Chilling Crimes of Narcissist Serial Killer Todd Kohlhepp

The Criminal Makeup

The Criminal Makeup

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey true crime fans, tired of ads interrupting your gripping investigations.

0:04.5

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0:19.0

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0:23.4

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0:25.1

slash ad-free podcasts to catch up on the latest episodes without the ads. Hi everyone I hope you all doing so well and welcome back to the Criminal

0:44.0

Make-Up podcast each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals

0:48.2

in history and today we are going to be talking about the case of Todd Colhepe, aka the Amazon Review Killer. So Todd

0:56.0

Colhepe was a serial killer, but not just any serial killer. He is a modern day serial killer that committed some truly horrific acts.

1:07.6

And this man is just the worst. He was a narcissist. He was arrogant. he was able to lie and manipulate his way through life and he thought that he could do whatever he wanted.

1:18.8

And this case, well, it's incredibly frustrating because it just did not need to happen.

1:24.3

Todd was already known to the authorities.

1:26.9

He had committed an incredibly serious offense at just the age of 15,

1:32.0

and there was just no way that he should have been able to get away with any of this.

1:36.1

And then there is one other thing in particular about this case that made Todd Koolhap so infamous, which is the reviews that he left on Amazon.

1:47.2

In the process of him becoming a serial killer, Todd made some purchases on Amazon as we all do. However, Todd was buying items in preparation for his horrific acts that he was about to carry out.

2:03.3

But the worst part is, after making these purchases,

2:07.4

Todd would leave reviews on these items,

2:10.9

and he would tell the whole world in these reviews what he was planning on doing.

2:16.4

And let me tell you, these reviews are chilling.

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