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In 2013, police were searching a home in St. Louis when they discovered what could only be described as a torture chamber.

Inside this room were videotapes that were apparently so disturbing.

Officers that watched them were ordered to go to psychological counseling.

This is a story about a marginalized community, missed warning signs, and a killer whose ego finally led to some answers. Let's get into what was on those tapes, what really happened to these victims,

and try to determine if there are more out there that still need to be uncovered. Hi guys, welcome back to Clues, where we sneak past the crime scene tape to explore the key evidence behind some of the most gripping true crime cases.

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Let's get into this case and the clues that defined it. Okay. This is one of the worst cases. I think I've ever had to research. I didn't sleep. It's heavy. It's heavy. Yeah. It is heavy. And it really does highlight, I think, some progress at least in the way we treat the marginalized community that is sex workers.

I mean, this case, this killer is often referred to as the streetwalker strangler,

the videotape killer, just kind of like you even can tell based on what they were called in the headlines

and how these victims were talked about

in the papers. Times have changed a little bit, but I think it's going to be highlighted today

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