Edward Spritzer was just a kid working at a donut shop, living in a crappy motel, life going nowhere fast.

Then he met Robin Gect.

Robin seemed like he had it all together, a steady job and a family.

What Edward didn't know was that Robin had trained under John Wayne Gacy, and Robin was building something twisted,

a crew of lost guys who'd follow him anywhere, even into an attic where they turned murder into ritual. This is the story of how a

donut shop employee became part of one of Chicago's most disturbing killing sprees. Before we dive in,

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is 10-minute murder. Let's get into it. Edward Spritzer wasn't a horror story from the start. He was born in 1961 in Chicago to a teenage

mom and dad who mostly showed up to be disappointed. Teachers said he was quiet and slow to catch on,

more into sweeping hallways than learning anything in them.

He fell behind, landed in the same grade as a younger sister, and then gave up school entirely.

By 18, he'd wrecked the family car and gotten kicked out.

He ended up at the Briar Rabbit Motel and got a job at Winchell's Donuts,

scraping by on whatever he could. His family still tried, pushed him toward a trade,

something with structure, wiring or plumbing maybe, a future that looked like stability.

But then he met Robin Gecht, and everything went off the rails.

Robin Gecht seems put together, older, steady job, a family. To Edward, stuck at Winchell's and living in a motel, Robin looked like someone to follow. They met at the shop. Robin gave Edward

a ride when his car broke down. That turned into a friendship.

Robin had trained under John Wayne Gacy. Edward didn't know that, or he didn't care.

He saw guidance. What he got was manipulation and a path straight into violence.

Robin looked ordinary, but the rumors about him were anything but.

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