Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of murder, child sexual assault, and violence that some people may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

On a warm summer day in June 1981, 51 year old Charles Ray Hatcher downed his fourth beer.

He threw the finished bottle against a rock on the Mississippi Riverbank,

shattering it.

His companion, 34 year old James L Churchill, laughed as Hatcher stumbled around looking for another

drink.

Churchill warned him against having more, but Hatcher told him to mind his own business.

Churchill shrugged and took another swig of his own beer.

Hatcher finally located another bottle.

He tried to open it on a nearby tree, but fell over in his attempt.

Churchill cackled again.

Hatcher glared at him, feeling his body tense,

his anger rising. He revealed his knife. Churchill was too drunk to notice.

Hatcher pressed the blade of the knife against the bottle cap, popping it off.

He took a swing of the beer and stared at the blade.

Without even a second thought, Hatcher drove it into the center of Churchill's chest.

In an explosion of rage, Hatcher stabbed Churchill nearly a dozen times.

He was completely overwhelmed by the urge to kill.

It was one he'd spent his entire life trying to escape. Hi, I'm Greg Polson. This is Serial Killers, a Parcast original. Every episode we dive into the minds and

madness of serial killers. Today we're taking a deep dive into Charles Ray Hatcher,

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