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Serial Killers & Murderous Minds

SERIAL KILLER: The Suffolk Strangler Pt. 1

Serial Killers & Murderous Minds

Crime House

True Crime

4.5713 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Before he earned the name “The Suffolk Strangler,” Steve Wright was just another face in the crowd. In Part 1, we trace Wright’s path from abused child to serial predator, uncovering the psychological scars, violent impulses, and hidden obsession that led to the murders of multiple sex workers in one of England’s most chilling serial killer cases.


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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.

0:44.3

Music. or wherever you listen to podcasts. This is Crime House.

0:49.3

We all have secrets.

0:51.3

Sweet ones, sad ones, dark ones, and everything in between.

0:57.0

It's human nature.

0:58.0

We want to protect things that are meaningful to us, or avoid judgment by the outside world.

1:04.0

And sometimes, the more we hide these parts of ourselves, the better we get at concealing them.

1:11.5

That's what happened in the case of Steve Wright.

1:15.1

Steve was a quiet, shy kid, and he grew into a husband, father and barkeeper who loved playing

1:21.0

golf.

1:22.2

But this carefully constructed façade hid Steve's deepest, darkest secret, his true identity. In reality, Steve was a dangerous predator, one who was willing to kill in order to indulge his deepest fantasies.

1:55.6

The human mind is powerful.

2:00.1

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

2:03.6

But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable. This is Killer Minds, a Crime House original.

2:06.6

I'm Vanessa Richardson.

2:08.6

And I'm Dr. Tristan Ingalls.

2:10.6

Every Monday and Thursday, we uncover the darkest minds in history,

2:14.6

analyzing what makes a killer.

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