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Dec 2020
47m 18s

“The Butcher Baker” Robert Hansen Pt. 2

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By day, Robert Hansen was a devoted husband, devout Christian, and respected member of the Anchorage community. By night, he abducted young women from clubs and drove them deep into the Alaskan wilderness, where he hunted them like prey. 

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