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Aug 2025
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This Killer Cop Was “Worse Than Ted Bund...

Breanna Heim
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In this week’s investigation Hot On The Case unearths the disturbing story of Gerard John Schaefer Jr known as The Killer Cop, The Hangman & The Butcher of Blind Creek. Once trusted to uphold the law Schaefer used his badge as a shield for his sadistic impulses luring victims into isolated areas before subjecting them to unimaginable horrors...

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