SERIAL KILLER: "The Bikini Killer" Pt. 1
Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Crime House
4.5 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The "Bikini Killer" Charles Sobhraj was a master of disguise and a predator in plain sight. In Part 1, we follow his rise from rebellious teen to international thief, exposing how he manipulated passports, people, and systems to build a deadly web of deception. His first kill wouldn’t be his last.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Crime House community. It's Vanessa Richardson. Looking for another Crime House original podcast to add to your rotation, you will love Clues with Morgan Absher and Kalyn Moore. |
| 0:12.8 | Every Wednesday, Morgan and Kalin dig into the world's most notorious crimes, clue by clue, from serial killers to shocking murders. |
| 0:21.5 | They follow the trail of clues, break down the evidence, and debate the theories. |
| 0:26.3 | It's like hanging out with your smart and true crime-obsessed friends. |
| 0:29.8 | Listen to clues on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:47.3 | Music. or wherever you listen to podcasts. This is Crime House. We live in a world defined by borders. |
| 0:52.3 | These invisible lines run through our lands, forming the basis |
| 0:57.0 | for culture, history, and identity, and were tied to these places by tokens of belonging, |
| 1:04.0 | like passports, licenses, and travelers visas. But there are people who don't have those documents. They slip through the cracks of this global system, not belonging to any nation, and not protected by any either. |
| 1:19.6 | Charles Sobrage was one of those forgotten people. |
| 1:23.6 | A regional war contributed to the loss of Charles' citizenship, and he was forced to navigate |
| 1:29.0 | the world without legal recognition. |
| 1:32.6 | Some may have felt rejected by this sense of statelessness, Charles turned it into a terrifying |
| 1:38.1 | source of power. |
| 1:40.2 | After all, if he was invisible to the law, there wasn't much to stop him from breaking it. |
| 1:47.0 | The human mind is powerful. |
| 2:02.3 | It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate. |
| 2:07.0 | But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable. |
| 2:10.6 | This is Killer Minds, a crimehouse original. |
| 2:13.8 | I'm Vanessa Richardson. |
| 2:15.4 | And I'm Dr. Tristan Engels. |
| 2:17.3 | Every Monday and Thursday, we uncover the darkest minds in history, analyzing what makes a killer. |
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