In 1979, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris sexually assaulted and murdered five teenage girls. For months, authorities were at a loss to explain the disappearances of their victims, but eventually, Norris and Bittaker got reckless, and the crimes of the Toolbox Killers were revealed to the world.
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Stanley Alpert, the Kidnapping Victim Who Outsmarted his Captors
Kidnapped on his 38th birthday by criminals who think every federal prosecutor is secretly wealthy, a calm-under-pressure lawyer survives a chaotic 25-hour ordeal—part hostage crisis, part absurd comedy—by befriending his captors. Sources for this episode include: The Birthday Pa ... Show More
30m 57s
Dec 2021
The Gruesome Crimes of the Toolbox Killers
Criminologist Laura Brand is the executive producer of “The Toolbox Killer” documentary currently streaming on Peacock. It’s the horrific, true crime story of two sadistic serial killers, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, who terrorized and killed teenage girls in Southern Califo ... Show More
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36m 45s
Aug 2025
SERIAL KILLER: BTK
For three decades, the BTK Killer terrorized Wichita, Kansas—binding, torturing, and killing victims, all while hiding in plain sight. Morgan and Kaelyn break down the chilling clues, from cryptic puzzles and taunting messages, to the infamous floppy disk and groundbreaking DNA e ... Show More
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Sep 2023
S5 Ep9: The Hillside Stranglers
November 13th, 1977. Los Angeles, California. Young students, Dolores and Sonja were on their way home from a day out shopping, when two police officers stopped them for questioning. However, it was just a clever disguise, and the supposed police officers were actually sadistic k ... Show More
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