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🗓️ 20 September 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away. |
0:02.8 | When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines. |
0:05.4 | Here's a weird... |
0:05.8 | ...dispired by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion. |
0:09.5 | A cup of murder. |
0:10.9 | Hearing a murderer's victim count can be staggering sometimes. |
0:15.3 | There are some killers who are well into the double digits. |
0:19.2 | On September 20th, 1971, a man took his first of what police think is 67 victims. |
0:27.0 | So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a |
0:31.8 | morning cup of murder. |
0:35.8 | Randy Stephen Kraft, born March 19, 1945, was a well-rounded child. |
0:42.0 | He was intelligent, did well in school, and, unlike most serial killers, had a great childhood. |
0:48.3 | He showed a keen interest in politics, and though originally a conservative Republican, |
0:53.1 | grew more left-wing, once in college, |
0:55.2 | and out of his parents' home, even working for Robert Kennedy's campaign. |
0:59.5 | He was homosexual and kept it a secret for most of his life, eventually bringing male friends |
1:04.2 | home as a way to reveal his sexuality to his family, though they remained oblivious. |
1:09.5 | Everything seemed, for the most part, pretty normal. |
1:12.6 | That was until he was in his early 20s. His first brush with the law was in 1966 when he was |
1:19.0 | charged with lewd conduct after propositioning an undercover police officer, though the charges |
1:24.5 | were never filed. From then, his schooling began to suffer and he started |
1:29.2 | drinking, doing drugs, and regularly attending all-night gambling sessions, but still managed, |
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