I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Fast Food Killer
Cold Case Files
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🗓️ 9 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On March 23, 1997, during just his third day of work at a local fast food restaurant, Jose Ramirez Gonzalez, along with three co-workers were attacked. Jose’s three colleagues were shot to death while Jose was stabbed and left for dead. Their attacker was 39-year-old Paul Dennis Reid Jr: a country-star wannabe who spent nights robbing fast food joints and killing innocent workers. Jose recounts the night he faced off with Paul Dennis Reid in a stock room and managed to survive. A second survivor, Mitch Roberts, who Paul Dennis Reid held at gunpoint in his own driveway, also shares his story.
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| 0:00.0 | This program contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners. |
| 0:04.3 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:07.0 | In breaking news tonight, a lead suspect in the fast food murders is behind bars. |
| 0:12.1 | Paul Dennis Reed is the most notorious serial killer in Tennessee history. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm certain that I am not the trigger man. |
| 0:19.5 | He was pure was pure evil. |
| 0:22.3 | It was obvious Nashville had a Ted Bundy or John Lane Gacy run around killing people. |
| 0:28.7 | There is a crazed killer on the loose and what's going to happen next. |
| 0:34.0 | I see the guy with a gunnet. |
| 0:36.5 | He shoot the other people. He pointed to my front head. I see the guy with a gunner. He shoot the other people. |
| 0:38.3 | He pointed the gun to my front head. |
| 0:40.3 | I was thinking, I'm going to die. |
| 0:42.3 | He pulled a gun. |
| 0:43.3 | He told me, said, you're going to do what I tell you to do. |
| 0:46.3 | His ultimate goal was to kill my family, make me open the safe and kill me dead. |
| 0:52.3 | I was not going to let him in the house with my family. |
| 0:56.0 | I would die for my family. |
| 0:58.0 | Let's say I am the killer. |
| 1:00.0 | I still am to be able to social. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm not trying to base your question. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm trying to be exactly honest with you. |
| 1:08.0 | You understand if we didn't have the evidence you could be in that chair right now. |
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