S3 Ep9: The Bikini Killer, Charles Sobhraj

Devils in the Dark

True Crime, Comedy

4 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What would you do if you were sat next to a convicted serial killer on a plane? Known as The Serpent, for his snake like ability to avoid detection from the authorities and escape from prison... The infamous Charles Sobhraj - fraudster, thief, and murderer - slithered around South East Asia during the 1970's, praying on western tourists, covering up his crimes by dressing his victims in bikini's to look like they've drowned. Helen and Danni find out how and why after all his vicious crimes and at least twenty murders, The Serpent walks the streets of France today...

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Devils in the Dark with me Helen Anderson and me, Danny Howard.
0:04.2	We're two best friends entering the world of true crime.
0:07.4	We'll be sharing the stories of some of the worst and wildest true crime cases in history
0:11.2	and we're taking you along for the ride.
0:13.2	In this episode, we're looking at the man famously known as the serpent and also the bikini killer.
0:20.3	This is Charles Sabrage. This is Charles Sourge.
0:40.4	Hello, how are you? I'm good, thank you, how are you?
0:41.7	I'm good, thank you. How are you?
0:50.4	I am thriving, man. Thriving. I love, right. She's 30. She's flirty. She's thriving.
0:53.1	Plus two years.
0:54.7	Shut up. It's been a while since you were 30, Helen.
0:57.4	We're in peak British summer and I am loving it.
1:02.7	This year I really feel like I'm embracing every single opportunity that has thrown at me in terms of just going out and having fun.
1:09.2	We went paddle boarding last weekend, didn't we? We did, yeah. I totally mummed about it. Like, I hated myself for it. Like,
1:15.1	before I left, I was like, oh, well, it's going to be, it's cloudy, but you can still get
1:18.7	burnt through clouds. So I'm taking sun cream. And won't put it on while I've still got Sylvie because it's got deat in it so I'll wait until I'm away from the baby and then it just
1:32.2	in case we do get bitten I'm bringing bite cream oh god yeah and I'm like just be fun Dan stop it but
1:38.3	then what did I do I left all the stuff in your car because I got all in my head like, oh, I'm such a mom sharp. And then what did I do? I got burnt. I got fucking bitten and it was really itchy because
1:47.1	I didn't have the cream. I'll tell you what you did do though. You saved my dogs multiple
1:51.9	time from drowning in reeds. That was an adventure, wasn't it? It was. I had a lovely time.
1:56.5	It was really peaceful and fun. So I got two dogs. I got Diane Sosage.
2:01.9	She's just like, she's devil child, but she does like to just lay down and chill when
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