48-year-old cameraman Patrick McDermott was the on-and-off boyfriend of a Libyan Newton

John. In 2005, he boarded an overnight fishing charter off the coast of Los Angeles. When

the boat disembarked the following day, Patrick was nowhere to be seen.

In season 2 of Sutaside, Poppy Damon and Alice finds dig deeper into Patrick McDermott's

case than anyone has before to answer the question, did Patrick die at sea, or did he disappear

deliberately to begin a new life? Sutaside season 2 is out now available for free only

on Spotify.

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In December 1924, amid the growing post-war recession and the aftermath of a crippling hyperinflation,

Germany was transfixed by a monster. Described as debonair and over-polite, 45-year-old

Fritz Harmon freely confessed to the sexual assault and murder of numerous boys and young

men. While some details of his crimes were deemed too gruesome for publication, there

were still plenty of grim fodder for the media to report on. They dubbed Harmon the vampire

of Hanover and the Wolfman after he claimed to have killed his victims by biting through

their necks for his own sexual gratification. Then, using his skills as a professional

butcher, Harmon dismembered his victims and disposed of their remains in a nearby river.

This earned him the additional title of the butcher of Hanover. It was also rumored that

he'd consumed his victims' flesh, though evidence and experts soundly disputed this

claim.

On December 1924, Fritz Harmon was convicted on 24 counts of murder and sentenced to death.

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