Episode 210 - Selfie Slayer - The Case of Amanda Taylor
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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4.4 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Inside the envelope, you're relieved not to find any grisly mementos; but instead find a birthday card for your infant child along with a handwritten message complimenting you on your beautiful family.
Some might argue that such a message would be just as horrifying as receiving a severed finger or lock of hair. Either way, for most people, receiving anything in the mail from a serial killer would be abnormal.
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| 0:20.0 | The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the Minds of Madness Podcast. |
| 0:27.0 | Listener discretion is advised. Oh, Imagine stepping out to out to your mailbox one morning only to discover an envelope |
| 1:06.4 | addressed to you from a notorious serial killer who's been locked away since the 80s. |
| 1:11.8 | Inside the envelope you're relieved not to find any |
| 1:15.6 | grisly mementos but instead find a birthday card for your infant child along |
| 1:21.7 | with a handwritten message complimenting you on your for your |
| 1:25.0 | hand-written message complimenting you on your beautiful family. |
| 1:26.0 | Some might argue that such a message would be just as horrifying |
| 1:31.0 | as receiving a severed finger or lock of hair. |
| 1:35.0 | Either way, for most people, receiving anything in the mail from a serial killer |
| 1:40.4 | would be abnormal. |
| 1:42.2 | But that wasn't the case with Rex and Amanda Taylor. For them |
| 1:46.2 | getting letters from serial killers was actually quite normal and something |
| 1:51.3 | they looked forward to. |
| 1:53.0 | Richard Ramirez, the infamous Night Stalker, had sent them a similar cart after developing a long-distance friendship with the couple, after years of correspondence. Only in hindsight can we say |
| 2:06.4 | this particular relationship seemed to embody the proverb, show me your friends, |
| 2:12.3 | and I'll show you your future. |
| 2:15.0 | Join me now as we look into the chilling story of Amanda Taylor, a young wife whose fascination |
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