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And now on to the show.

This program contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners.

Listener discretion is advised.

We were just shocked at the number of women he was having contact with on a daily basis.

He's driving around, meeting women at hotels.

He had women coming and going all the time.

We'd hear screaming, slapping, chains rattling.

That was any normal situation, we probably would have broke down the door.

For the John Robinson's of the world, the ultimate thrill is to be

able to kill somebody. There are over 100,000 cold cases in America. Only 1% are ever solved.

This is one of those rare stories.

On a sunlit morning, on a farm in Kansas,

detectives take the leashes off a team of canines trained to sniff out corpses.

It doesn't take long before the dogs hit on two yellow barrels.

And a hunt for a serial killer begins. a hunt that began almost two decades earlier. It is the summer of 1984 in the flatlands of eastern Kansas. Paula Godfrey is

19 years old, fresh out of high school, and looking to land her first job. She answers an ad in the local paper and a man named John Robinson offers her a position.

The catch? Paula must attend a training seminar out of town.

On August 23rd, the young woman hops into a car with Robinson.

It is the last time Paula Godfrey's parents will see their daughter alive.

Four months later, in January of 1985, Lisa Stacy is 19 years old with a five-month-old named Tiffany,

no husband, and no way to support herself. Again, John Robinson comes to the rescue.

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