The Killer Tea

The most prolific serial killer in the history of the United States, with a reign that would span 40 years. Sex workers vanished or reported being beaten and choked by a man that police, judges, and juries never took seriously. Not until a detective gets a hunch is the Stroke and Choke Killer finally brought to justice. 

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Alexandria is the famed tourist city in Egypt, known throughout the world for its beauty. But in 1919, authorities begin to notice dozens of women start to go missing…never to be seen again.

In Soviet Russia the bodies are starting to pile up. All with the same types of wounds. The police have to admit they have a serial killer on their hands but they're having no luck catching him. After 12 years and 36 linked crimes they finally have a lead... the Red Ripper has been caught.

Evil might be harder to spot than you think. A small and unassuming man may make you believe he isn’t dangerous. But looks can be deceiving. You may be placing your child in the hands of a gruesome child predator. The Grey Man very well be one of the most horrific serial killers known.

In 1989, a monster was preying on unsuspecting campers, fishermen and joggers in sleepy rural towns in Ohio and West Virginia -because the voices told him to do so. 

Carroll Edward Cole, a byproduct of abuse and failed mental health care? Or a manipulator who used the system when he was low on funds and housing? How does someone get arrested so often but manages to be a serial killer for 11 years and go unsuspected.

How many serial killers fly under the radar? Quietly carrying out their plans without being caught for their heinous crimes. Often we think of serial killers from the 70’s, but as late as 2012 we are reminded that they still exist and are among us.

What do catheters, murder, neo-nazis, Ohio and the Church of Satan have in common? Donald Harvey.

Nearly 4 centuries ago, woman was sentenced to burn at the stake for in Leicestershire England for her barbarous deeds -but was she a harlot who laid with evil spirits, a psychopathic killer who poisoned her lovers or an innocent woman? Elizabeth Ridgeway's story was all but lost to time and folklore, but some truth still remains...

A small town in Pennsylvania is being terrorized by a strangler. Upwards of 30 people have fallen victim to this psychopath. Night watches have been formed and citizens are beginning to take matters into their own hands. Will this strangler be caught? Is the man they claim is responsible the real strangler, or has he been framed?

Inspiring characters such as Buffalo Bill, Norman Bates and Leatherface, Ed Gein is possibly one of the most well known serial killers. His obsession with the flesh of his victims horrified investigators and left a permanent mark on American history.

Often the truth is much simpler than than lore. What happens to victims when their truth is obscured by fiction? Edward Edwards is attributed to 5 slayings, but also connected to the Zodiac, JonBenet and as far fetched as the Black Dahlia.

When you think of the deadliest of 19th century serial killer in England, Jack The Ripper certainly comes to mind...but what if there was someone even more terrifying? Jack may have liked to toy with the police, but Mary Ann Cotton preferred to toy with hearts -and bank accounts. This beautiful raven haired women with soft, dark eyes was stacking up bodies 40 years before Jack ever haunted the streets of London.

After his arrest, The Happy Face Killer’s infamy was just getting started. Correspondence with other serial killers, book deals, and interviews gave him the chance to tell his story, much to the dismay of his victims’ families.

8 women. 8 lives taken, and 4 of them remain Jane Does. Never to be reunited with their families. Does a monster deserve to be locked up forever? Or put to death for his horrific crimes.

How do you know if the patriarch of your family is a monster? He seems like a loving father, a hard worker and provider for the family. But there are little snippets of time when things don’t seem quite right. A storm is building just below the surface. And it’s about to explode.

What makes a killer? Nature vs Nurture has been a hot topic in the psychology of serial killers. In the case of Keith Hunter Jesperson, he believes he was raised to be a killer, bred by his father to be the brutal strangler he was...or was a 25ft fall what awoke the killer within? 

It’s the mid 1930’s in Cleveland, Ohio. The city is recuperating from the effects of the Great Depression, but as hopeful workers flood into the city, decapitated and mutilated bodies begin to wash up on the shores of Lake Erie. Who is the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run?

June 2000, officers go to the home of John Edward Robinson to serve an arrest warrant on sexual battery. As they’re searching his property they move two 85lb barrels. Blood begins to pour from the barrels, these officers have stumbled upon a gruesome discovery.

Doctors are supposed to be someone you can trust implicitly. Someone you go to when you are at your most vulnerable. But what happens when the physician you entrust your life to becomes the Angel of Death?

Where do legends come from -are they the made up musings of medieval times or based on actual events? When does the horrible truth become more horrifying than the legend? “The Blood Countess” Elizabeth Bathory is one of the most notable historic killers of fact and fiction -even inspiring part of Bram Stroker’s “Dracula”.

Inspiration for fictional characters are often pulled from real life; but can that really be true for characters who are so terrifying, the thought of them being real people is an impossibility? In 1987 the inspiration for the notorious Buffalo Bill (Silence of the Lambs) was arrested. What authorities discovered in his basement may be even more disturbing than his on-screen counterpart.

Late 1960’s, women in Portland, Oregon are being attacked. Someone is strangling and stealing from them. The odd thing is, it’s not their money he is after. As the shoe thief escalates, women start to vanish as well.

1954, Tulsa, Oklahoma; a 49 year old woman stands trial. She’s been accused of murdering 4 of her 5 husbands. Her method? Arsenic poisoning. As investigators dig deeper into her past, it becomes clear that she is much more than a black widow. This Giggling Granny has much more sinister secrets.

June 2007, residents in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, begin complaining of a putrid smell. A local sausage factory is blamed for the source of this stench. The smell continues to get worse as the years go by, forcing residents to leave the neighborhood. It’s not until October 2009 that the source of this smell is revealed. Bodies are found decaying inside the home of the Cleveland Strangler.

Ep 4: February of 1983, plumbers are called to 23 Cranley Gardens. The residents had sent a letter complaining of problems with the sewer lines backing up into their homes. The plumber was horrified when he found human flesh in the lines coming from the building. The police are even more shocked when an ordinary man in glasses and a suit comes home to his upstairs flat. Is this the man responsible? It doesn’t seem possible.

Cooke County, Illinois, December 11, 1978: For six agonizing years, young teenage boys were disappearing off the streets of metropolitan Chicago at an astonishing rate. Despite desperate pleas from dozens of concerned parents, the police dismissed these missing children as mere rebels without a cause or runaways. 

But when 15 year old Robert Piest suddenly vanishes from the pharmacy where he works -just moments after speaking to his mother in the store- everything changes. 

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, 1999; Cynthia Vigil is found running in terror for her life. Her captor is going to be coming after her. Clad in a slave collar, chains and blood, she runs down the road screaming for help. Several cars pass her, but none stop to help her. She manages to find a neighbor that has their door open and rushes inside. She pleads with them to help her to call the police. She’s quickly whisked off to the hospital where she tells the authorities about her experience at the hand of David Parker Ray and his toybox.

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.