Maria | Ep.5

Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper

Warner Bros. Discovery

True Crime

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Another woman is found murdered, and this time Michael has gone even further with his brutality. In the wake of the investigation, there is a break in the case. Clear patterns are emerging and link multiple overkill murders of young women to the possibility of one suspect – Michael Gargiulo. The heat is on, but Michael continues to terrorize the women around him. Speaking with detectives and experts, Dr. Michelle Ward investigates another frenzied murder and how Michael behaves when he has chosen his next potential victim.

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0:00.0	This podcast explores themes of violence against women, rape, and murder.
0:04.9	It includes explicit dialogue.
0:07.2	Listener discretion is advised.
0:09.7	Please note some of the voices you hear in this series have been performed by actors.
0:16.3	Previously, on Mind of a Monster, the Hollywood Ripper.
0:19.4	She painted a picture that you probably could never really imagine.
0:25.6	The idea that someone is in your bedroom at night is probably a fear that a lot of people have.
0:31.6	He is gaining pleasure and stimulation from cutting these women.
0:42.0	I'm getting kind of frantic because I know it's a matter of time, he's going to kill again.
0:48.9	From ID and Aero Media, I'm criminal psychologist Dr. Michelle Ward, and this is Mind of a Monster,
0:52.1	the Hollywood Ripper. Chapter 5, Maria.
1:00.0	Jurors in an L.A. courtroom listen intently to a 911 call.
1:04.7	Irving Bruno is distraught as he tries to tell the call handler what's happened.
1:12.3	It's 7.40 a.m. on December 1st, 2005, and he has just found his wife, Maria, dead in bed.
1:17.7	Now, a warning.
1:22.3	Well, Sam, what happened?
1:27.1	In court, 14 years after the house, and they came. In court, 14 to my wife's house and they came.
1:36.4	In court, 14 years after that call, District Attorney Dan Aikman is setting out the case against Michael Garjulo.
1:43.4	Michael's on trial for the attempted murder of Michelle Murphy and for the murders of Ashley Elloran and Maria Bruno.
1:49.0	Garjulo entered Maria's apartment through a window, put on blue surgical booties,
1:53.0	and mutilated Maria with a knife as she slept.
1:58.0	He cut off her breasts,
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