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In March of 1981, teenager Jerry Lee was at his job at the Cap and Peg restaurant in Atlanta.

He was hard at work, running the seafood join and attending to its steady stream of customers.

At some point during his shift, the restaurant's phone rang and Jerry hustled over to pick it up.

But instead of a customer, he was surprised to hear the panicked voice of someone he knew.

It was 15-year-old Joseph Jojo Bell, an employee at the restaurant.

The thing was, everyone knew that Jojo had been missing since the day before.

But if Jerry felt any relief that finally hearing from his friend,

it was replaced by Dread as Jojo spoke.

He sounded terrified as he said,

I'm about dead. They're about to kill me. Jerry, they're about to kill me.

Then the line went dead, and Jojo was gone.

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

Every episode we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers.

Today we're taking a look at a series of crimes known as the Atlanta Child Murderers.

I'm here with my co-host, Vanessa Richardson.

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Between the summer of 1979 and 1981,

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