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What Makes a Killer

S5 Ep13: Bobby Joe Long

What Makes a Killer

Audioboom Studios

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this last episode of season five, we'll examine Floridian serial killer Bobby Joe Long...

1984. Tampa, Florida.

A 17-year-old girl named Lisa was on her way home from work, when she was abducted from the side of the road. For the next 26 hours, she was subjected to a terrifying imprisonment by a sadistic sexual predator, who had already killed several young girls. But, unlike the other victims, Lisa was the only one to survive.

As bodies were being discovered every other week, Floridian authorities realized a serial killer was on the loose. Investigators didn't know it yet, but the killer was a 31-year-old army veteran and divorced father of two hiding in plain sight. And over the course of eight months, ten women would die by his hands in the Tampa area.

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Original music by Kai Engel, Ben Krejci, and Kevin MacLeod. Additional music and sound effects provided by Epidemic Sound.

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.5

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0:12.4

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0:15.7

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0:19.9

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0:28.4

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0:30.4

What makes a killer contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence and does not intended for all audiences.

0:37.4

Listener discretion is strongly advised.

0:42.4

1984. Tampa, Florida.

0:45.4

A 17-year-old girl named Lisa was on her way home from work when she was abducted from the side of the road.

0:52.4

For the next 26 hours, she was subjected to a terrifying imprisonment by a sadistic sexual predator who had already killed several young women.

1:03.4

But unlike the other victims, Lisa was the only one to survive.

1:08.4

A sexual sadist, a man who thought nothing of abusing, mutilating, stabbing women, he was a man who had a ferocious hatred of women.

1:20.4

As bodies were being discovered every other week, Florida authorities came to grips with the fact that a serial killer was at work.

1:29.4

Each crime scene was like somebody crazed, not even somebody, something, monster type.

1:37.4

Investigators didn't know it yet, but the killer was a 31-year-old army veteran and divorced father of two hiding in plain sight.

1:46.4

And over the course of eight months, he would snuff out the lives of 10 women in the Tampa area.

1:52.4

I don't know if I was blind or, you know, but I never imagined in a million years that he was capable of doing the things that he's done.

2:00.4

He was an animal, you know, and I mean, this is somebody that I loved.

2:06.4

This is what makes a killer, a true crime series that chronicles the lives of the world's most notorious killers.

2:13.4

I'm your host, Jennifer Natoso. In every episode, we'll trace a killer's origins, examine their behavior, and follow their path to bloodshed.

2:22.4

In this episode, we'll discuss Bobby Joe Long.

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