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What Makes a Killer

S5 Ep7: Robert Ben Rhoades

What Makes a Killer

Audioboom Studios

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On April 1st, 1990, an Arizona State Trooper was out on patrol when he spotted a truck pulled over on the side of interstate 10 in Casa Grande. The officer pulled off the interstate and parked behind the truck. After approaching the suspicious vehicle, he peered into the cab and was met with a shocking image. He came face to face with a terrified woman, chained up like an animal. He immediately handcuffed the driver and brought him into custody, unaware that he had just apprehended a sadistic killer, with years of violence behind him.

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Original music by Ben Krejci, Kai Engel, Kevin MacLeod, Chris Zabriskie, Sergey Cheremisinov, and Daniel Birch. Additional music provided by Epidemic Sound.

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

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

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Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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On April 1st, 1990, Arizona State Trooper Michael Miller was out on the road when he spotted a truck pulled over on the side of Interstate 10 in Casa Grande.

0:55.0

Officer Miller pulled off the Interstate and parked behind the truck.

1:00.0

After approaching the suspicious vehicle, he peered into the cab of the truck and was met with a shocking image.

1:08.0

He came face to face with a terrified woman, chained up like an animal.

1:14.0

He immediately handcuffed the truck driver and put him into his patrol car.

1:19.0

I think he was probably thinking, how am I going to yell at this one? What do I do now?

1:24.0

Officer Miller was unaware that he had just apprehended a sadistic killer with years of violence behind him.

1:33.0

He is without doubt one of the most dangerous men ever to have stalked the American highway.

1:40.0

For more than a decade, this man had been raping, torturing and killing vulnerable women across the country,

1:47.0

remaining completely undetected.

1:50.0

I think that Robert Ben Rhodes is probably the most evil person I've ever met in my life, and I've met a lot of evil people.

1:57.0

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

2:06.0

I'm your host, Jennifer Natoso.

2:08.0

In every episode, we'll trace a killer's origins, examine their behavior, and follow their path to bloodshed.

2:16.0

In this episode, we'll discuss Robert Ben Rhodes.

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