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76 • January of 74

Dark Topic

Jack Luna

True Crime, Science, Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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January of 1974 was a prolific month of murder. Join me to tick off a few blood red X's. Happy New Year.



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0:00.0

Can we talk something else?

0:03.0

Can we talk about something else?

0:06.0

Hello!

0:29.0

Hello!

0:30.0

Out there!

0:35.0

While researching for dark topic, the time of year in which crime occurred has always fascinated me.

0:40.0

And when it comes to January, a month where most of us find ourselves contemplating what we could do to better ourselves through the new year,

0:47.0

it has always struck me as unsettling when I discover a heinous crime has been committed in this month of new beginnings.

0:55.0

For the world's most infamous serial killer, January is where it all began.

0:59.0

January was the month in which he chose to start his ghastly criminal career of murdering women.

1:04.0

Ted Bundy likely selected January to begin killing full time.

1:09.0

The same way, URI target January to begin a diet or a workout routine.

1:14.0

But unlike URI, Ted would stick to his new lifestyle.

1:18.0

Dennis Raider, BTK, committed his ghastly annihilation of the Otero family in January.

1:25.0

Only weeks after Bundy began, BTK activated as well.

1:30.0

During a prolific calendar year for murder, one soaked in red-axis, 1974.

1:39.0

I have a fascination with 74.

1:42.0

The year of Amityville, the year of the High-Five murders,

1:45.0

the year that not only ushered in Bundy and BTK, but Missoula's Mallor, Wayne Nance as well.

1:51.0

Heavy zodiac activity occurred in 74.

1:54.0

The Casanova killer, the Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders, the Sunday morning slasher, the Lady of the Dooms.

2:01.0

I could go on and on when it comes to 74.

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