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🗓️ 21 September 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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From 1972 to 1973 twenty-one individuals were brutally murdered as the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office dealt with not one, but two serial killers: Ed Kemper and Herbert Mullin. World-renowned criminal psychologist Dr Michelle Ward takes us back to Santa Cruz just before the killings to investigate how such a tiny place could spawn two of America’s most notorious murderers.
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0:26.0 | This podcast explores themes of murder and rape. Thener discretion is advised. |
0:28.0 | Why all these murders here? |
0:32.0 | Why? Well, one reason is that we have a homicidal maniac who |
0:36.1 | has been running around and we know he's killed 10 people. Oh my gosh you know there's a |
0:40.3 | serial killer going out there. He was slowly formulating through his plans of how to become a perfect killer. |
0:47.0 | The remains were basically bones and a skull. from 1972 to 1973, |
1:03.0 | to 1973, locals in Santa Cruz |
1:06.0 | locals in Santa Cruz, California were terrorized |
1:09.0 | by not one but two serial killers. |
1:12.0 | Their names were Edmund Kemper and Herbert Mullen. |
1:15.0 | They operated independently, |
1:17.0 | and over an 11-month period |
1:19.0 | claimed the lives of 21 individuals, |
1:22.0 | young children, teenagers, female hitchhikers, even a priest was |
1:29.1 | slain. No one was safe. Faced with such brutality, investigators began to panic. |
1:36.0 | How do you begin to make sense of such a blatant disregard for human life, |
1:41.0 | let alone catch those responsible. |
1:43.0 | I'm Dr. Michelle Ward, criminal psychologists with a special interest in violent predators. |
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