“The Cross-Country Killer” Tommy Lynn Sells Pt. 2

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.7 • 30.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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By 1999, Sells had murdered men, women and children in multiple states, and showed no signs of slowing down. He might never have been stopped, had he not attacked a little girl who survived to identify him, and finally put an end to his decades-long murder spree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,
0:04.7	listener discretion is advised.
0:06.7	This episode includes discussions of murder,
0:09.2	molestation, rape, and assault.
0:11.9	We advise extreme caution for children under 13.
0:17.5	The early morning hours of December 31, 1999 in Del Rio, Texas,
0:22.8	10-year-old Crystal Surles and her friend,
0:25.0	13-year-old Katie Harris were in a bunk bed,
0:27.9	whispering about the new millennium.
0:30.1	As the clock ticked ever forward, they drifted to sleep.
0:33.6	Crystal on the top bunk and Katie on the bottom.
0:36.8	While they dreamed of the new year, a nightmarish figure
0:40.4	slinked into the room.
0:42.2	The man was broad with long hair and a look of pure malice in his eyes.
0:48.1	It was Tommy Lynn's cells, the cross-country killer.
0:52.7	Tommy slipped onto the bottom bunk next to Katie.
0:55.9	She woke up.
0:57.2	But before she could speak,
0:58.7	Tommy pressed one large,
1:00.4	calloused palm over her mouth.
1:03.0	In his other hand,
1:04.2	Tommy held a 12-inch boning knife,
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