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Serial Killers & Murderous Minds

SERIAL KILLER: "The Bikini Killer" Pt. 2

Serial Killers & Murderous Minds

Crime House

True Crime

4.5712 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Charles Sobhraj wasn’t just a serial killer, he was an international conman who used charm, fake passports, and tranquilizers to trap his victims. In Part 2, we follow the escalating brutality of the "Bikini Killer's" crimes, the captives who fought back, and the shocking way he dodged the death penalty...not once, but twice.


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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've all dreamed of a life without limits.

0:51.3

No boss to answer to, no rules to follow, nothing to hold us back from

0:56.7

our wildest dreams. People rarely achieve that kind of liberation, but Charles Sobrage did. He was a

1:05.1

man who couldn't be claimed by a government, held by a prison, or even bound to a single identity.

1:13.1

For him, laws were suggestions, borders were meaningless. People were objects. For years,

1:20.4

this freedom allowed him to live entirely on his own terms, wreaking havoc everywhere he went.

1:27.1

It was intoxicating. But just like any addiction,

1:30.8

it was hard to quit. There was always one more boundary to cross, one more rule to break,

1:37.8

one more person to manipulate. And as the frequency of Charles' crimes escalated, so did their brutality.

1:47.0

The human mind is powerful.

2:02.5

It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate.

2:07.3

But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable.

2:11.6

This is Killer Minds, a crimehouse original.

2:14.9

I'm Vanessa Richardson.

2:16.6

And I'm Dr. Tristan Engels. Every Monday and Thursday, we uncover the darkest minds in history,

2:22.2

analyzing what makes a killer.

2:24.6

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