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It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

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Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

It's October, Spooky Month.

As we count down the days until Halloween every year, I dedicate my October episodes

to creepy, chilling, and or downright scary true crime cases.

In this series, Ghosts in the Attic, I'll ask you to consider the question, is it possible

that someone could be hiding in your house, without your knowledge?

In each of these episodes, I will dial up the Creek factor, but this first one, while

not as creepy, is downright chilling.

You will learn about one of the most violent, brutal, and cruel serial killers I've ever

researched.

Lairn Fraser would be charged with many rapes, abductions, and murders, and be suspected

of many more.

One young girl who went missing in mid-1998, in the rock-hampton area of Queensland, Australia,

would be counted among his victims.

But this case would take a surprising turn that would shock the country.

This is chapter 1 of Ghosts in the Attic, the case of Natasha Ryan.

It was April 22, 1999, when nine-year-old Kira Steinhart made her way to North Rockhampton

primary school.

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