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With your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.

Good evening. What drove the inconspicuous sociopath to become a ruthless killer?

During his nearly 15-year reign of terror, Ronald Lloyd Bailey is the braved obsession with sexual sadism, held communities across

southeast Michigan in a shroud of fear. From the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, the former

patient at one of Michigan's foremost psychiatric hospitals abducted as many as 15 teens, and over time became a sadistic

serial killer.

In this shocking, fast-paced account, retired police officer and true-crime author

Rod Sadler examines law enforcement's dedicated efforts in connecting the dots to stop an unknown killer.

And he poignantly chronicles the determination of the victim's families to triumph over tragedy.

Sadler also examines Bailey's insanity defense that centered on the alleged abuse he endured at the hands

of his psychiatrist. In doing so, the best-selling author of killing women asks and answers the

question, what drove the inconspicuous sociopath to become a ruthless killer?

The book that we're featuring this evening is Depraved Obsession, the Gripping True

Story of Law Enforcement's Hunt for a Sadistic Serial Killer, with my special guest,

retired law enforcement officer and award-winning author, Rod Sadler.

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