You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,

and the authors that have written about them, Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker,

BCK, every week another fascinating author talking about the most shocking and infamous

killers in true crime history, True Murder, with your host, journalist and author Dan Zupansky.

Good evening, this is your host Dan Zupansky for the program, True Murder, the most shocking

killers in true crime history, and the authors that have written about them.

Rhode Island detectives knew they had a serial killer in their midst, but the victims

were women who lived and worked in the sexual underground, and whose bodies were never

found.

Then, prostitutes began to talk about a man who played very rough, police arrested Jeffrey

Mailhot, a seemingly law-abiding, ordinary citizen, and an incredible duel of whits began.

A brilliant police interrogation led to a chilling confession.

This book is an insider's account of a modern-day Jack the Ripper, including the killer's

own words, telling police how he killed women with his bare hands, cut them into pieces,

and then went off to kill again, Ripper by Linda Rosencrantz.

Thank you very much for agreeing to this program in this interview, Linda Rosencrantz.

You're welcome, thank you for having me on.

Thank you very much.

Now, what made you decide to write about this particular case?

What was it about this case that interested you that compelled you to write your book,

Ripper?

Well, I had written two books previously about spouse on spouse murder, and my publisher

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