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It was the year 2000, a few days before Christmas, and Robert Durst had been driving for hours.

The same frantic thoughts repeated over and over again in his mind.

He felt the walls closing in. Investigators in New York had reopened the decades old case

into his wife's disappearance, and now he desperately needed to cut a crucial loose end.

As he pulled off the four or five freeway, he saw lights hung up on house

as along the roads of the upscale Los Angeles suburb of Benedict Canyon.

His hands tightly gripped the wheel as he wove through the residential streets.

He was going to his best friend, Susan Berman's house.

He told her the visit was just a holiday meetup, but that was a lie.

As he exited the car, he grabbed his 9mm pistol and stuffed it in his jacket pocket.

Before he had a chance to change his mind, he hurried to Susan's door and knocked.

She opened it with a smile, not knowing that within the hour, she'd be dead.

Hi, I'm Greg Pulsing. This is serial killers, a Spotify original from podcast.

Every episode we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers.

Today, we're plunging into the world of the ultra-rich to get up close and personal with

Robert Durst. Although he was never convicted of enough murders to be classified as a serial killer,

anecdotal evidence suggests that's exactly what he was. I'm here with my co-host,

Vanessa Richardson. Hi, everyone. You can find episodes of serial killers and all other

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