John Joseph Joubert: The Deadly Airman

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the tale of John Joseph Joubert, an airforce radar technician who strangled three young boys to death. Though John’s childhood was filled with loneliness and bullying, it was his obsession with old school detective magazines that fueled his fantasies of murder.

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0:00.0	Hey Prime members, you can listen to Killer Psyche, ad free on Amazon Music.
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0:09.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone.
0:15.0	Please be advised. In the early morning darkness of Sunday September 18th, 1983,
0:31.0	13 year old Danny Joe Eberley kneeled in a dairy queen parking lot in Bellevue, Nebraska and rolled up his newspapers for his delivery route.
0:41.0	He worked alone, oblivious to the stranger who was watching him.
0:48.0	From a convenience store across the street, John Joseph Jubert a 20 year old enlisted airman sipped
0:58.1	a soda and gauge the moment he would approach the paper boy. He waited until Danny Joe got on his bicycle and set out on his route.
1:10.3	John then got in his tan 1979 Chevy Nova and followed him.
1:17.0	He drove two blocks ahead of Danny Joe and parked in an empty church lot. He then got out of his car and started walking
1:27.5	towards the unsuspecting paper boy. Danny Joe greeted John as they crossed paths.
1:36.0	John pretended to keep walking, but he ducked behind a tree and hid.
1:42.0	He waited until Danny Joe dismounted from his bike to deliver a paper.
1:47.0	He then re-emerged and walked towards Danny Joe a second time.
1:54.0	The friendly paper boy greeted him again,
1:57.0	then turned his back to get on his bike.
2:00.8	Suddenly, John grabbed Danny Joe's shoulder and pulled him in.
2:06.0	Clapped the hand over Danny Joe's mouth and held the six inch knife to his throat.
2:12.0	He ordered Danny Joe to keep quiet and come with him. The
2:17.5	terrified 13-year-old complied. Danny Joe's disappearance set off a panic in implied. But the community was right to be alarmed and soon unfortunately they realized that a
2:39.0	serial killer was now among them. And in our new podcast, Legacy, we explore the lives of some of the biggest
2:54.8	characters in history. This season we delve into the life of Pablo Picasso,
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