Robert Hansen: The Butcher Baker

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong delves into the case of Robert Hansen, the Butcher Baker. Robert raped over 30 women and killed, at least, 17 victims - setting them loose in the frozen Alaska terrain and hunting them down like animals.

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0:10.0	A listener note! This episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone. Please be advised!
0:18.0	Robert Hansen was already an avid hunter when he moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1967.
0:35.0	He was a champion known throughout the state for setting and breaking records with both a gun and a crossbow.
0:42.0	The wilderness up there is known for its beautiful, though deadly terrain.
0:50.0	But on April 25, 1983, that land became far more dangerous for the prey than for the hunter.
1:01.0	Paula Golding, a 30-year-old former secretary, was new to Anchorage.
1:07.0	Only a few weeks earlier, she left her home in Fairbanks, Alaska and ticed by the promise of more money to dance in Anchorage's clubs.
1:19.0	In her first week, Paula was so nervous she could only take off her top.
1:25.0	But the significant difference in the money gave her the courage to take off all her clubs.
1:32.0	That very same night, Paula felt that her luck was finally changing for the better when she was asked out for a lunch date by a short, but polite man named Robert Hansen.
1:46.0	He even offered her $200 to join him for lunch.
1:50.0	The next day, on April 25, 1983 at 11.45 a.m., Paula told her roommate she'd be back later.
2:02.0	She was inexperienced with the male patrons who frequent in the clubs and she miswarning signs that should have made her worry.
2:11.0	Her lunch date stipulated that she arrived by cap.
2:15.0	He arrived 15 minutes late and his car was a different color than what he described the night before.
2:23.0	And now, in the daylight, she saw that his face was pockmarked and he stumbled over his words.
2:32.0	Still, she reasoned, Robert seemed polite and harmless. But he was not.
2:40.0	He drove Paula to an abandoned parking lot and once there reached over to touch the hair on the back of her head.
2:49.0	Then he suddenly jerked her head back and pointed a pistol at her face.
2:55.0	He forced her to get on her knees on the car floor and then handcuffed her hands behind her back.
3:03.0	He told her they were going to take a trip in his airplane.
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