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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

THE BABYSITTER-Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

Dan Zupansky

News, News Commentary, True Crime, History

4.0 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitter—the kind, handsome handyman at the motel where her mother worked—took her and her sister on adventures in his truck. He bought them popsicles and together, they visited his “secret garden” in the Truro woods. To Liza, he was one of the few kind and understanding adults in her life. Everyone thought he was just a “great guy.”
But there was one thing she didn’t know; their babysitter was a serial killer.
Some of his victims were buried—in pieces—right there, in his garden in the woods. Though Tony Costa’s gruesome case made screaming headlines in 1969 and beyond, Liza never made the connection between her friendly babysitter and the infamous killer of numerous women, including four in Massachusetts, until decades later.

Haunted by nightmares and horrified by what she learned, Liza became obsessed with the case. Now, she and cowriter Jennifer Jordan reveal the chilling and unforgettable true story of a charming but brutal psychopath through the eyes of a young girl who once called him her friend. THE BABYSITTER: My Summers with a Serial Killer-Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan Follow and comment on Facebook-TRUE MURDER: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064697978510Check out TRUE MURDER PODCAST @ truemurderpodcast.com

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0:00.0

Must remember do not forget.

0:07.1

Remind me to bring photo ID.

0:10.2

Reminder set.

0:12.3

Babe, can you make sure I don't forget the photo ID whenever?

0:16.6

All right, love.

0:17.5

The way we vote is changing.

0:19.3

So, however you remember, you'll need ID to vote.

0:22.6

Don't have ID.

0:23.6

Apply for a free voter ID.

0:25.5

Visit electoralcommission.org.uk.

0:28.5

Slush, voter ID.

0:37.8

You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in True Crime History,

0:43.3

and the authors that have written about them.

0:45.8

Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author talking

0:54.0

about the most shocking and infamous killers in True Crime History.

0:58.2

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

1:05.2

Good evening.

1:14.0

Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl.

1:20.4

During the summers while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights

1:24.4

in the Provincetowns bars, her babysitter, the kind handsome handyman at the motel

1:29.6

where her mother worked, took her and her sister on adventures in his truck.

1:34.9

He bought them popsicles and together they visited his secret garden in natural woods.

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