Lauren McCluskey

Truer Crime

Celisia Stanton

True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A student at the University of Utah, Lauren McCluskey began receiving threatening messages from her ex-boyfriend in the fall of 2018. For nearly three weeks, concerned for her safety, she reported this harassment to campus police again and again. Today’s episode is about the deadly cost of warnings ignored—and what happens when the people we trust to protect us fail to take action. Please be aware that today’s episode contains references to sexual assault and suicide. A full list of action items, sources, resources mentioned, and photos related to the case are available in the show notes of today's episode, https://truercrimepodcast.com/lauren-mccluskey To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.2	He was a Boy Scout leader, a church deacon, a husband, a father. He went to a local church.
0:38.2	He was going to the grocery store with us.
0:40.7	He was the guy next door.
0:43.8	But he was leading a double life.
0:46.5	He was certainly a peeping time, looking through the windows, looking at people, fantasizing
0:51.3	about what he could do.
0:53.5	He then began entering the houses.
0:56.0	He could get into their home, take something, and get out and not be caught.
1:00.0	He felt very powerful.
1:01.0	He was a monster, hiding in plain sight.
1:05.0	Someone killed four members of a family.
1:08.0	It just didn't happen here.
1:11.9	Journey inside the mind of one of history's most notorious killers, B.T.K.
1:18.4	Through the voices of the people who know him best.
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