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Morning Cup of Murder

A Prolific Chicago Serial Killer - May 2 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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May 2nd: Gregory Clepper Arrested (1996) One dumb mistake can land a killer straight into the custody of police. On May 2nd 1996 a man was arrested after bragging about his crimes to an acquaintance. A man who may, or may not, be one of the most prolific serial killers in Chicago history.  https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/clepper-gregory.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southside_Strangler_(Chicago), https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-02-9605020261-story.html, https://apnews.com/article/ec3f73bf21b3e0592eba1c5b7ae04381, https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/may/03/man-admits-to-killing-dozen-mom-helped-dispose-of/, https://www.deseret.com/2001/3/21/19576163/man-who-said-he-killed-40-gets-80-years-for-one-slaying Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.9

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:42.3

One of a murder...

0:44.3

One dumb mistake can land a killer straight into the custody of police.

0:50.1

On May 2nd, 1996, a man was arrested after bragging about his crimes to an acquaintance.

0:56.6

A man who may, or may not, be one of the most prolific serial killers in Chicago history.

1:04.4

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:12.3

During the 1990s and 2000s, there was an active serial killer terrorizing the south side of Chicago,

1:19.7

an area inhabited predominantly by minorities and other marginalized groups that the media

1:25.2

had dubbed the Southside Strangler, murders that totaled

1:29.7

well into the hundreds. Later established to be the work of not one killer but many, one of

1:37.2

those individuals was a 28-year-old man named Gregory Klepper, who, unable to keep his mouth shut, was arrested on May 2, 1996,

1:47.7

after boasting about his crimes to an acquaintance. According to the sources, when police arrived

1:53.6

to place him in handcuffs, Gregory said, I knew it was just a matter of time. I'm glad it's over.

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