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🗓️ 3 September 2019
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0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away. |
0:02.8 | The police arrived by found the telepath and electricity lines. |
0:05.4 | The word, the first investigator, is reminiscent of a weird religion. |
0:09.5 | The word psychopath is thrown around a lot, but few are actually diagnosed. |
0:16.4 | On September 3rd, 1944, a man named John William Cooper was born. |
0:22.5 | This diagnosed psychopath went on to become the most notorious killer in modern Welsh history. |
0:28.8 | So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with |
0:33.0 | a morning cup of murder. |
0:44.7 | On December 22, 1985, John William Cooper, who already had a lengthy criminal history, |
0:50.7 | targeted a three-story farmhouse at Scovaston Park, where brother and sister, Richard and Helen Thomas, lived. After a fire broke out in the home, the bodies of the 58 and 54-year-old siblings were found, |
0:58.3 | having suffered from gunshot wounds. |
1:01.0 | A murder investigation was launched, and, at its peak, had 150 officers involved. |
1:07.5 | Officials believed that Helen interrupted a robbery in progress when she was shot, |
1:11.9 | and it was possible that she recognized or knew the perpetrator. |
1:15.7 | Richard returned home to find his sister dead, and he was shot before the house was set on fire to hide any evidence. |
1:23.0 | Police had no leads at the time. |
1:25.8 | Fast forward to May 28, 1989, when John Cooper participated in a recording |
1:31.3 | of a dart-themed game show called Bullseye. This TV appearance would later aid in his capture, |
1:38.4 | but not before he claimed more victims. The following month, Peter and Gwenda Dixon were on a holiday in Pembrokeshire |
1:45.7 | when they decided to take one last coastal walk before their trip ended. It was on that same |
1:51.9 | coastal path that on July 5th, after they were reported missing by their son on July 2nd, |
1:58.1 | after they failed to return home, that their bodies were found. |
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