Joseph Christopher
True Crime All The Time
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🗓️ 6 July 2020
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Joseph Christopher went on a killing spree in 1980 around the Buffalo, New York area that caused the press to dub him the ".22 Caliber Killer." Christopher's murders were racially motivated and he targeted black males. But, he varied his M.O. up so much that police weren't sure how many murderers they were chasing and it caused the media to throw out other names such as the Midtown Slasher and the Huntsman.
Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the life and crimes of Joseph Christopher. What happened during this man's life to cause him to begin targeting black males for death. There is a mental illness aspect to Christopher's story as he was turned away from a medical health facility just weeks before his murder spree began. He has said in interviews that he murdered 13 people in total but many believe the number could be even higher.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Hannah and I'm Sirete and we are the hosts of a Red Handed a weekly true crime podcast |
| 0:05.7 | Every week on Red Handed we get stuck into the most talked about cases from the Idaho student killings the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga |
| 0:14.7 | Last year we also started a second weekly show |
| 0:17.6 | Shorthand which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like |
| 0:22.6 | We've covered the death of Princess Diana and unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's blood |
| 0:26.8 | The gruesome history of European witch hunting and the very uncomfortable phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction |
| 0:32.8 | Whatever the case we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior |
| 0:37.8 | Like can someone give consent to be cannibalized what drives a child to kill and what's the psychology of a terrorist |
| 0:44.4 | Listen to Red Handed wherever you get your podcasts and access our bonus shorthand episodes exclusively on Amazon music or by subscribing to |
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| 1:27.3 | You |
| 1:29.3 | Hello everyone and welcome to episode 190 of the true crime all the time podcast |
| 1:34.7 | I'm Mike Ferguson and with me as always is my partner in true crime might Gibson. Give me how are you? |
| 1:40.4 | I'm good man about you. I'm doing great. Yeah, just had a birthday. That's good. I won't say what number it was |
| 1:46.2 | It was a big number. Yeah, I'm digits. You're getting well, it's definitely double digits. Yeah, I'm over 10 |
| 1:53.2 | Movin nine. Yeah, yeah, but you're getting ready to have one as well |
| 1:57.2 | Allegedly, yeah, you know, you're like one of those |
| 2:02.3 | kids and little league baseball |
| 2:04.8 | who is real big and |
| 2:08.8 | Doctors their birth certificate to be able to play with some of the smaller kids and they just dominate absolutely |
| 2:14.4 | So we don't really technically know how old you are my mom still tries to pass me off as a kid to get the kid pricing |
| 2:22.0 | My mom |
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