EP85: The Spokane Serial Killer

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Spokane Serial Killer, Robert Lee Yates, Jr., went on a killing spree that spanned 14-months in the late 1990s. But cold case detectives discovered his first victims were murdered over 25 years earlier. Investigators believe during that 25-year gap, he may have murdered up to 26 people in Alabama, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Texas, and Germany. How could a married man in the service with five children get away with killing close to 50 people? Listen to this week’s episode to hear more about The Spokane Serial Killer.

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Sources:
https://serialkillersinfo.com/serial-killers/robert-lee-yates-jr-serial-killer/

Book: The Spokane Killer: The Life of Serial Killer Robert Lee Yates, Jr. by Jack Smith

https://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y/yates-robert-lee.htm

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:12.0	Hi everyone, I'm Tanya. And I'm Tlaia. advised.
0:12.8	Hi everyone, I'm Tanya.
0:14.3	And I'm T Leah.
0:15.4	And we are Crimes and Consequences, a true crime podcast. I'm doing splendid.
0:37.6	Hi Tanya. How are you today?
0:40.2	I'm doing splendid.
0:42.0	Thank you. How are you? I'm doing pretty good. I hope all of our listeners are doing great. Me too.
0:50.0	So you're ready for an episode?
0:53.0	I absolutely am.
0:55.0	I want to ask everybody if they haven't done so already to hit the subscribe slash follow button.
1:00.0	Now I'm ready.
1:01.0	Now you're definitely ready.
1:02.0	Okay. I got it out of my system.
1:03.7	Well, I'm going to tell you today about a serial killer. I love serial killers.
1:07.5	But I'm not going to tell you his name till we get toward the end. So I'm going to tell you about all its victims.
1:15.4	Is it somebody I know? I had never heard of him
1:21.0	But you know a lot more true crime than I do what's that say about me. I know
1:24.8	You're like oh, don't you remember so and so and I'm like no so maybe you've heard of him but I have never heard of him. I can't remember what I did yesterday
1:28.8	but I can list every damn serial killer in the United States. I know and he actually went on trial like in 2000 so it wasn't that long ago it's not like it happened in the 70s or something well I don't even know anything about this guy well then let me start
1:41.6	God damn do it! In the summer of 1975
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