394 - Serial Killer Richard Byrd: The Las Vegas Strip Strangler

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Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever heard of disturbing serial killer Richard Byrd? He raped and strangled eight young women to death in Las Vegas between 1991 and 2001, but almost no one has heard of him, because he was arrested... the day after 9/11. And he took a plea bargain and never went to trial. Hear his wild story today... and never think about hair brushes the same way again.

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0:00.0	Richard Byrd, Las Vegas's forgotten madman, the Las Vegas Strip Strangler.
0:06.0	Born and raised in the cowboy and mining town of Winnemuck and Nevada, where he seriously
0:10.5	creeped out his classmates, and if not probably murdered one of them
0:14.8	Richard would move to another mining town Elko Nevada after graduating from high school
0:19.2	where he would quite possibly if not almost certainly murder a young woman there.
0:24.4	He would also get married and when his marriage ended in such a strange way,
0:28.4	he would follow his now ex-wife to Las Vegas, where he will kill eight girls and women during the 10-year
0:34.1	murder spree that lasted from March of 1991 to September of 2001. And that is why
0:40.9	you have very likely never heard of him While the world was arrested the day after 9-11, yes, that 9-11.
0:49.0	While the world was focused on the 9-11 terror attacks,
0:51.6	Richard was arrested and quickly confessed to eight murders in additional crimes.
0:55.2	There was no trial, and even where the crimes happened in Las Vegas, there was almost no media coverage.
1:01.6	The city was still too worried about being attacked in another
1:04.7	terroristic strike. A forgotten true crime tale and what a tale it is my got. This
1:11.6	guy is a weird one real, and I share his full disturbing story on another true crime.
1:16.7	I feel lucky you never crossed past with this degenerate Sin City hair brushes and but hole Edition. That'll make sense eventually of TimeSuck.
1:26.0	This is Michael McDonald and you're listening to TimeSuck.
1:30.0	You're listening to Time Suck.
1:34.0	GATT.
1:36.0	Shr-Help!
1:37.0	Happy Monday and welcome!
1:40.0	Happy Monday and welcome and welcome back to the cult of the Curious. I'm Dan
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