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Crimes of the Centuries

S2 Ep13: Don't Say His Name: A Serial Killer Out for Notoriety

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.74K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

It's because of revisionist history that Paul John Knowles might be better known to some listeners at the Casanova Killer, but don't be fooled: This serial killer deserves no romanticization. Knowles went on a murder spree in 1974 that's been tied to the deaths of at least 20 people -- and he apparently did it just to get famous.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they earn the label crime of the century.

0:14.8

But the stories that made headlines in decades past are necessarily remembered today.

0:22.7

I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author.

0:26.5

In each episode of this show, I'll examine a case that's maybe less known today, but

0:32.4

was huge when it happened.

0:35.5

This is crimes of the centuries.

0:42.4

At first, the tall, lanky man Sandy Fox met at a bar was charming.

0:56.3

She had a brooding look about him that she found attractive, and that first night she

1:00.6

invited him back to her hotel room where they slept together.

1:04.0

She thought that would be the end of it.

1:06.0

This was clearly the stuff of one night's stands, but he kept hanging around.

1:11.2

He seemed smitten with her, and she found him intriguing enough that she let him.

1:16.3

Fox, whom at this guy, Daryl Golden and Atlanta had planned to fly to Florida for a job assignment,

1:22.7

but Daryl's arrival prompted her to cancel the flight.

1:25.8

Instead, the two drove together to Florida and Daryl's car.

1:29.8

It was night two of this 1974 trist that Daryl said something that finally triggered Fox's

1:36.1

sense of unease.

1:37.8

He asked her to write a book about him, and assured her he was a worthy subject, because

1:42.2

he would be dead within a year.

1:44.1

The whole world would know his name, and oh, by the way, I've done some bad things.

1:50.3

Fox played it cool, but was understandably unnerved.

1:54.1

She began to distance herself, then came up with a few excuses that explained why she needed

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