January 20, 1959: Serial Killer Joel Rifkin Born

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🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Inspired by a Hitchcock movie he saw at 13, Joel Rifkin would go on to murder 17 women over a period of four years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, January 20th, 2022.
0:07.0	On this day in 1959, serial killer Joel Rifkin was born.
0:13.0	By the time he was captured in 1993, he'd killed 17 women.
0:30.4	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.
0:34.3	Due to the graphic nature of these crimes, listener discretion is advised.
0:38.7	This episode includes discussions of violence and murder. We advise extreme caution for children under 13. Today we're covering the life of serial killer, Joel
0:45.6	Rifkin. For years, he murdered undetected until a tiny mistake exposed everything. Now let's go back to New York City on January 20th,
0:57.3	1959.
1:07.0	Joel Rifkin's birth parents gave him up for adoption three weeks after his birth.
1:12.6	Bernard and Jean Rifkin, his adoptive family, were the only parents Joel ever knew.
1:18.6	Three years later, the Rifkin's adopted a daughter and settled in Long Island.
1:23.6	Life was good for young Rifkin until he started school. Though he was smart, Joel struggled
1:29.2	academically and didn't fit in. Undiagnosed dyslexia made it difficult for him to keep up with
1:35.0	the other students. He was also small and unathletic, and his classmates didn't include him in their
1:40.9	play or sports activities. Joel's father, Bernard, was his exact opposite.
1:47.0	He grew up popular.
1:49.0	As a gifted student and athlete,
1:51.0	Rifkin often felt he was letting his father down.
1:57.0	When Rifkin entered his teenage years,
1:59.0	his social life took a turn for the worse.
2:02.6	He tried to join the track team but was forced off due to peer rejection.
2:07.0	He tried the yearbook club next.
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