Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of murder and assault

that some people may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

Phoenix, Arizona, 2005.

Residents lock their doors, heading inside well before sunset

as bodies began turning up on the quiet desert streets.

The summer was so brutally hot that by the end of July, 30 lives had already been claimed from heat stroke and yet for the next year

locals of Phoenix would have a far bigger threat to face than the weather as a

killer hidden in the shadows took aim.

The once quiet city was about to be held hostage

as a series of deadly drive-by shootings paralyzed the community.

By the time the killer now known as the serial shooter was done with Arizona, the victim

count would be in the dozens, including eight people shot dead in their tracks.

That may seem like a staggering amount of damage for one man,

and in fact it was.

Time would reveal that it wasn't one man,

but two behind these horrible crimes.

Sam Deedman was a hardened criminal with an extensive rap sheet.

And Dale Housner was a friendly face with a dark side.

Through the manipulation of friendship and a taste for methamphetamine,

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