Danny Rolling: The Gainsville Ripper Who Inspired "Scream"

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the case of Danny Rolling, aka The Gainsville Ripper. Candice explores how Rolling's murders terrified the city of Gainsville so much that students from the local university left the school in droves. Rolling's rash of serial murders have inspired the horror movie "Scream." What were the similarities between the movie's Ghostface Killer and the real Gainsville Ripper?

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0:00.0	Hey Prime members, you can listen to Killer Psyche, ad free on Amazon Music.
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0:09.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone.
0:15.0	Please be advised. The 1996 film Scream is considered a classic of the horror movie genre.
0:33.6	Following the murder spree of the ghost-faced killer,
0:37.6	the film subverts both the traditions of the genre
0:41.4	and the audience's expectations.
0:44.0	And the inspiration for the on-screen killing spree is very real. In 1994, aspiring screenwriter Kevin Williamson was watching Turning Point,
0:55.6	an ABC News documentary series when he was inspired to write the horror classic.
1:02.4	The subject of that episode was a serial
1:06.4	murder case that occurred four years earlier, the Gainesville Ripper. The Gainesville Ripper's real name is Danny Rawling and he unleashed a wave of panic
1:20.0	over the college town of Gainesville, Florida for over a year in the early 90s,
1:25.7	causing a mass exodus of students from the university. University.
1:37.0	Life makes sense if you know where you come from. I've had my birth identity stolen from me.
1:40.0	If you are born from violence, would you want to know?
1:43.0	I will not carry the shame and horror of what you chose to do.
1:47.0	I chose truth and justice over a lifetime of not knowing who I really am. I am Daisy and this is my story.
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2:04.0	Everyone leaves a legacy.
2:06.0	I like Mr. Gorbitov. We can do business together.
2:09.0	For some, the shadow falls across decades, even centuries.
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