S1 Ep8: Stephen Port, The Grindr Killer

What Makes a Killer

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Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Serial killer and rapist, Stephen Port used online dating sites to lure young men to their deaths. His victims had been found within yards of one another in East London, and it was initially thought that no foul play was involved. But the discovery of a fourth victim in September 2015, led the police to the killer who had poisoned his trusting victims.

Original music by Ben Krejci and Kai Engel.
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0:00.0	What makes a killer contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence and is not intended for all audiences?
0:09.0	Listener discretion is strongly advised. It's Saturday night, September 12, 2015 in East London.
0:19.0	25 year old Jack Taylor is out of the Trades Hall club in Dagenham.
0:27.0	He's been chatting with a man on the mobile dating app, Grinder.
0:31.6	After a few messages, they agree to meet up.
0:34.0	In the early morning hours,
0:40.0	Jack calls a taxi and heads over to the man's apartment in barking.
0:46.0	Jack lives with his family, so they notice when he doesn't return home.
0:52.0	So we was all worried.
0:53.0	We'd always hear from Jack.
0:55.0	He'd always let my mom and dad know if he wasn't coming home or and he hadn't.
1:00.0	They report him missing.
1:02.0	Two days later, the family received the news they have been dreading.
1:07.0	Jack's body has been discovered in the graveyard of St. Margaret's Church in East London propped up against the wall.
1:15.0	Near the body, the police find drug paraphernalia, including a small bottle containing the party drug
1:22.4	GHB. He has died from an overdose.
1:27.0	However, Jack's family is suspicious.
1:31.0	Jack was very anti-drugs, so that didn't make sense. You just get this gut feeling
1:37.4	that something's not right. And their suspicions were right.
1:44.0	An active serial killer is at large,
1:47.0	luring men to their deaths using online dating sites.
1:51.0	Young men in their 20s had been murdered in East London and their bodies had been
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