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280: The Kansas City Butcher - January 31 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Movies can leave a lasting impression on their viewers. Most of us can think of a movie that changed our lives in some way or another. On January 31st 1949 a truly sinister man was born who would take his love for a movie a little too far. Robert Berdella Born (1949) 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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There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the Silver Lake section.

0:03.7

We have a weird...

0:05.0

...described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

Morning.

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Cuff of murder.

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Movies can leave a lasting impression on their viewers.

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Most of us think of a movie that changed our lives in some way or another.

0:19.0

On January 31st, 1949, a truly sinister man was born and would take his love for a movie

0:26.5

a little too far.

0:29.3

So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with

0:34.2

a morning cup of murder.

0:39.3

Robert Andrew Bredella Jr. born January 31st, 1941 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, lived in a deeply

0:47.6

religious Catholic household with a father who believed in corporal punishment.

0:52.6

From an early age, Robert was an intelligent boy who rarely played outside, and, due to his

0:58.2

speech impediment and thick glasses, found socializing difficult and preferred time spent

1:03.6

alone.

1:04.3

This was only made worse when, after reaching puberty, Robert discovered he was homosexual.

1:10.0

This is something that his religious father would

1:12.9

not stand for, and for several years, he kept his sexuality a secret. On Christmas Day in

1:19.8

1965, Robert's father had a heart attack and died at just 39 years old. His mother quickly remarried.

1:30.5

This caused distance between the two, as Robert saw his mother's marriage as a deep betrayal. That same year, he saw the film adaptation of John Fowell's book,

1:38.3

The Collector. The story revolves around a man who stalks and abducts a girl he finds attractive

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