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Last time I left off telling you the story of Jennifer S. Benson's survival and how no one believed her. Heck, you hardly believed herself.

So let's pick up from the moment that Ordealist sped off after she was picked up in the desert by two Marines.

Join me today as a bring you the conclusion of the story of serial killer Andrew Ordealist.

Now let's dig in.

My sources for this episode include an episode of Inside Evil, Confessions of a Serial Killer, and an A&E episode of I Survived.

I also used articles in the LA Times, People and Heavy.com, but the most heavily sourced documents that I used to inform this story were a 2007 Illinois Supreme Court opinion and an Illinois States opposition brief opposing clemency.

You heard the trigger warning last time, but here it is again. This episode contains discussions of rape, satan meat, torture and murder.

Listener discretion is advised in 1992 when Jennifer S. Benson made her escape in California, you may recall that Ordealist was only in town visiting.

Well, when he kidnapped Jennifer, he was in a rental car. As soon as Jennifer escaped, he beeline to the airport, dropped off his rental car and returned to Chicago.

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