Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes dramatizations and discussions of murder and assault

that some people may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

A quick note, in this week's episode,

all quotes will be performed by actors.

However, these lines are quoted from primary research sources

and presented exactly as those people stated them.

Schizophrenia is a heartbreaking disorder that affects how a person thinks, acts, or even feels.

Some symptoms attributed to schizophrenia, according to the DSM-5, are auditory and visual hallucinations,

images or sounds that appear out of nowhere.

The most common of these is hearing voices.

Before its classification, many of those who suffered this were deemed possessed,

hypnotized by demonic spirits with ill intent for those around them.

People feared those afflicted with this mental illness as avatars for the devil's work.

Of course, today, such superstitions have been debunked, giving way to a genuine

understanding of the mental illness. But for those who are suffering from this terrible

affliction, those demons can feel very real.

Starting in 1976, demonic fear had a vice grip on New York City.

A string of grisly and seemingly random murders stretched from Queens to the Bronx. A

mysterious assailant left six dead and avoided a manhunt with over 300 police officers all the while

leaving cryptic and disturbing notes claiming he was commanded by demons.

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