Episode 111: Robert Ben Rhoades AKA The Truck Stop Killer

Morbid

Morbid Network | Wondery

True Crime, Comedy, Exhibit C

4.5 • 95.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Robert Ben Rhoades used his job as a long haul truck to satisfy his sexually sadistic needs. While passing through various states, he thought he could pick up a hitchhiker here or a sex worker there and no one would notice if they disappeared. He was wrong. Luckily, his reign of terror came to an end but not before he inflicted pain and suffering on countless women.

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Some sources mentioned
https://www.gq.com/story/truck-stop-killer-gq-november-2012

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/alberta-woman-recognizes-herself-in-photo-from-robert-bed-rhoades-truck

https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/02-29-96/cover.htm

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