Today is Thursday, May 19th, 2022.

On this day in 1971, Canadian serial killer and rapist, Wayne Bowden, was arrested.

Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.

Due to the graphic nature of these crimes, listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes descriptions of murder and sexual assault.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

Today we're covering the arrest of Canada's long-feared vampire rapist, otherwise known as Wayne Bodim.

Now let's go back to Calgary, Canada on May 19, 1971.

Police were determined to find Elizabeth Porteus's killer. Her friends knew she'd been

dating a man named Bill. In fact, two co-workers saw them together the night she died. The two were

last seen in a blue Mercedes. Investigators didn't have to search long to locate the

vehicle. Based on a description of the car, they found it the next day. Police arrested Bowden

and brought him in for questioning. He admitted he'd been on a date with Elizabeth and that he

was the owner of the cuff length they found near her body in her apartment.

However, Bowden initially insisted he had nothing to do with Elizabeth's murder, but the authorities

felt certain this was the same man who'd taken the lives of three other Canadian women.

Wayne Bowden was an attractive man who made a living as a traveling salesman.

He was known to be charming and personable, but he also apparently harbored a desire to control

and brutalize his sexual partners.

In 1969, 22-year-old Bowden committed his first convicted murder, a 20-year-old woman he'd

been dating named Shirley Audet.

Shirley's friends didn't know much about her mysterious new boyfriend.

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