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Aug 2024
47m 16s

Jerry Brudos: Fetish Killer

WONDERY | TREEFORT MEDIA
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Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Jerry Brudos. In his youth, Jerry developed an obsession with women’s feet and shoes – an obsession that would eventually drive him to murder four women between 1968 and 1969. Candice explains how Jerry’s fetish may have manifested, and what drove him to commit such terrible acts to ... Show More
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