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Jun 2020
42m 37s

“Crazy Charlie” Charles Ray Hatcher

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He spent his life trying to escape jails, mental hospitals, and his urge to kill. From 1961 to 1982, Charles Ray Hatcher murdered at least four people, but he claims to have killed as many as 16 in Missouri, California, and Illinois.

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