Episode 126: The Route 40 Killer

True Crime Couple

True Crime Couple Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2022

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

According to statistics from the FBI only 1% of murders are the result of serial killers. Yet for some reason they occupy 99% of my brain when it comes to my true crime fears. But that is because they activate an innate fear that we have. A fear that we will fall victim to the only thing that is still truly terrifying to us as adults, the sometimes sadistic nature of mankind.

In 1987-1988 the state of Delaware, specifically the New Castle area, was gripped in fear. A man was abducting women from Route 40 and torturing them before brutally killing them. It would take long hours of good police work and a consultation with the Behavioral Sciences Unit of the FBI but eventually justice was won for the families of the five victims.

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Sources:

The Route 40 Killer: A Five Part Series by Patricia Talorico and Esteban Parra for the Delaware News Journal

Accessed through Delaware Online on April 19, 2022

https://law.justia.com/cases/delaware/supreme-court/1991/602-a-2d-48-5.html

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-03-15-1992075020-story.html

Transcript

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0:00.0	So, will it be skiing?
0:03.0	Or Christmas markets on a city break?
0:06.0	Skiing? Or a city break?
0:09.0	Some problems are good problems to have.
0:12.0	Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way
0:17.0	and package holidays from £159 per person.
0:21.0	Get the king at EasyJet.com.
0:24.0	Selected dates, holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights,
0:28.0	restrictions and season C supply.
0:30.0	Hey guys, welcome to episode 126 of the 2CM Cupball.
0:34.0	Okay?
0:35.0	And I'm John.
0:36.0	So we hope you're all doing well and we'd like to thank you for all the love and support that you've shown us over the past two weeks.
0:43.0	The comments you've been leaving and the reviews have been hilarious and really sweet.
0:48.0	So we just wanted to let you know that we love you all and we appreciate it.
0:52.0	So I know that you've been waiting two weeks for a case and, John, this is a nice and long one.
0:59.0	So I figured we'd just get right down to it. What do you think?
1:02.0	Yeah, let's do it.
1:03.0	Okay.
1:05.0	Our story begins in Newcastle, Delaware on November 29th, the weekend after Thanksgiving in 1987.
1:13.0	So I'm sure Bon Jovi was playing on the radio while a young couple, most likely a couple that has been
1:21.0	cooped up in a house with family all weekend long, were finally able to get some alone time.
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