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

This episode includes discussions of murder, medical assault, and animal cruelty.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

When Jarlimo Kusic woke up, the first night of dawn was just beginning to filter into his room.

It took him a moment to remember where he was.

And I see you in New York, thousands of miles from home.

He was in his mid-70s, so he knew the flight from Yugoslavia would be tough,

but he never imagined that he'd end up with chest pain severe enough to land him in the hospital.

He looked when a figure walked in, a stocky bearded man in his mid-20s.

Jarlimo thought he looked more like a lumberjack than a nurse, but the scrubs said otherwise.

The nurse asked him how he was feeling, and Jarlimo responded, not bad.

It was a lie. He still felt terrible, but all he wanted was to be discharged so that he could fly home.

The nurse pulled a syringe out of his pocket and deposited it into Jarlimo's IV.

With a smile, he said, now you're going to feel much better.

Something about the nurse's expression made Jarlimo uneasy.

He was about to ask what he'd just been given, but the nurse was already leaving the room.

A chill seemed to spread throughout Jarlimo, radiating from his arms into his spine, his heart,

and his chest. He tried taking a deep breath, but he couldn't.

His lungs felt paralyzed, his ribcage heavy.

He struggled to move his arm, but all the strength had been sapped from his body.

With a jolt of horror, he realized he couldn't move at all.

Hi, I'm Greg Poulson. This is serial killers, a Spotify original from podcast.

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