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Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

SERIAL KILLER: The Bayou Strangler (Part 2 of 2) | Houma, LA 1997-2006

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Justin Drown

True Crime, Documentary, News, Society & Culture, History, Personal Journals

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

For nearly a decade, a predator stalked the quiet marshlands and sugarcane fields of southeastern Louisiana, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. In this episode, we dive into the chilling case of Ronald Dominique, a man who confessed to the rape and murder of at least 23 men and boys between 1997 and 2006.Despite a victim count that rivals some of history's most notorious killers, Dominique's name is rarely mentioned alongside Bundy or Gacy. We explore the "perfect storm" of factors that allowed him to evade capture for so long—from his strategic targeting of marginalized men on society's fringes to the devastating chaos of Hurricane Katrina that overshadowed the investigation.



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afford it, I understand. Don't put yourself in jeopardy. Listening is enough. Anyway, let's get on with it.

0:59.7

At the time, all I remember that my brother come up missing. We haven't seen him, this and that. And last time I talked to him,

1:08.0

I stopped. He was cutting some hedges on the tree for someone, you know. And I stopped and I asked him, I said, you all right? You need anything? You need any money, anything? He told me no. He said, man. He said, I'm all right. I said, well, if you need anything, maybe he just come by my house, man. And that was the last time I talked to my brother when I told him that.

1:30.6

You know, it ain't that easy to just say, well, I'm just going to throw all this on the back burner.

1:38.7

You know, my little brother gone.

1:40.5

It's not that easy, especially when it's someone that you, you know, play it with, you know, you

1:49.7

to just, he's missing.

1:52.6

If he was here now, man, you just don't know, man.

1:57.6

I miss my little brother.

1:59.5

I wish he was here.

2:01.6

I really do.

2:03.6

Welcome, listener. I'm glad you're here.

2:07.6

Take a seat next to the fire.

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