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.

One of the most popular Disney characters besides Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck is Goofy. His creator, Art Babbitt, described

Goofy as an everlasting optimist, a gullible good Samaritan, a half-wit. When we meet someone who a

half-wit. When we meet someone who's been nicknamed Goofy,

we assume that the person is quirky but harmless. His unusual traits also make him endearing.

Perhaps this person has a deep love for children.

It never crosses our minds that someone called Goofy

is a dangerous predator.

And yet, that was one of the nicknames given to the world's most prolific serial killer,

Louis Salfredo Garavito Kobios.

Acquaintances and neighbors who were unaware of the predator in their midst

called him Tribaline, the Spanish name for Goofy.

But between 1992 and 1999, Garovita raped, tortured, and murdered

at least 138 boys between the ages of 6 and 16 across 60 towns in the Latin American country of Columbia.

This is a conservative estimate based on the number of victims whom police could identify or link

forensically to Garavito.

In an investigation that continues to this day, Colombian and Ecuadorian law enforcement officials believe that Garavido

may have killed as many as 300 children.

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