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140: The Score Card Killer - September 20 2019 - Today in True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Hearing a murderer’s victim count can be staggering sometimes. There are some killers who are well into the double digits. On September 20th 1971 a man took his first of, what police think, 67 victims. Randy Kraft’s First Victim Last Seen Alive (1971) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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