Introducing Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper
Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
2000s Hollywood: the bright lights for dreamers who want to become famous. Michael Gargiulo made his name in another way – as a brutal murderer with no mercy. Watching, waiting and stalking his young and beautiful female neighbors, Michael bided his time until his opportune moment arrived – while they were sleeping. Breaking into their safe havens - their homes - he butchered his victims and then moved to a new location in Tinsel Town to find his next target, all while evading capture from detectives who were trying to hunt him down.
In this six-part series, criminal psychologist Dr. Michelle Ward talks with friends and acquaintances of Michael Gargiulo, investigators, experts and attorneys from the case, all to uncover the twisted world of The Hollywood Ripper.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm criminal psychologist, Dr. Michelle Ward, and this is season nine of Mind of a Monster, |
| 0:06.1 | the Hollywood Ripper. |
| 0:07.4 | This guy, he's manipulating people. |
| 0:09.9 | He either charms them because he needs him to do something, or he stalks him because he's going to kill him. |
| 0:14.9 | I don't think he's aroused by the women. |
| 0:18.1 | I think he's aroused by the kill. |
| 0:19.8 | I open the door, and she is on the landing, covered in blood and blue in the face. |
| 0:26.6 | Under the shimmering lights of Hollywood in the 2000s, Michael Garjulo stalked his female neighbors, |
| 0:32.6 | watching and waiting for the perfect time to strike. |
| 0:35.6 | He stabbed two women to death and tried to kill a third in acts of unspeakable brutality. |
| 0:41.3 | She was stabbed, and I mean butchered, almost 50 times, and her throat was cut. |
| 0:47.3 | The attack on her was so vicious, so callous, that it was like a personal thing. |
| 0:54.5 | He's so confident that she's not going to scream. |
| 0:57.2 | He's so confident in his ability to brutally murder somebody. |
| 1:01.7 | The jury was shown the photos from her apartment, and it was just covered in blood. |
| 1:06.5 | What drove Michael Garjulo's rage-filled attacks? |
| 1:10.1 | For a first for me on the Mind of a Monster series, |
| 1:12.7 | I'm investigating a serial case that as of today isn't over. |
| 1:16.9 | He's awaiting trial for another murder. |
| 1:20.0 | These killings in Los Angeles wouldn't have happened if he was in prison in Illinois. |
| 1:24.8 | Listen to Mind of a Monster, the Hollywood Ripper, wherever you get your podcasts. |
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