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talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.

True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zupansky.

Good evening. This is your host, Dan Zupansky, for the program True Murder,

the most shocking killers in true crime history, and the authors that have written about them.

It was a time of innocence, a time of hippies, flower children, and the age of Aquarius.

A time when young people felt free to roam the countryside hitchhiking without fear.

A time when law enforcement was trusted by the people that were sworn to protect and serve.

That time was shattered by one of law enforcement's own. His name was Gerard Schaeffer.

He was a former Florida police officer who lied his way into the office of the Martin County Florida Sheriff's Office.

He used his lie to continue to perpetuate his crimes of torture and murder of young women who hitchhiked along Florida's roads.

Schaeffer not only destroyed the lives of as many as 34 young women.

He kept trophies of his kills, and he lived the crimes over and over again.

He believed he was doing the world and his victims' injustice by ridding the world of the horrors who hitchhiked.

Gerard Schaeffer was a narcissistic psychopath who wanted his fifteen minutes of fame.

He believed he had earned it.

My special guest this evening is Yvonne Mason, and the book we'll be discussing is Silent Scream.

Welcome to the program, and thank you for agreeing to be on True Murder, Yvonne Mason.

Thank you, Dan, for having me. This book is very close to my heart.

I could tell that by reading it, and I'm sure the audience will recognize that as we go on with this.

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