High listeners, it's Vanessa. On behalf of everyone here at Podcast, I'd like to wish all of you a very happy holiday season.

Without your support, none of this would be possible, and we can't thank you enough.

To commemorate the season, we've prepared a two-part serial killer special we think you'll really enjoy.

A real-life Christmas tragedy, 30 years later.

We're looking back at the Ohio murder spree that captivated the nation,

the Dayton Christmas killings.

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

This episode includes discussions of drugs, sexual situations, and murder.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

It was around 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve 1992, and Dayton Detective Doyle Burke was enjoying a

Christmas Eve feast at his grandma's house, or he was until his buzzer went off.

It was the kind of disruption he'd been dreading. He worked homicide and it wasn't uncommon for him

to get a lot of calls. He'd just been hoping maybe he'd make it through Christmas weekend this year.

When he called in, the news was bad. There'd been a shooting in Northwest Dayton over on Nielstreet.

The crime scene was dark, and the cold was biting.

Pools of blood speckled the pavement around a phone booth,

and an 18-year-old lay dying on the sidewalk. She'd been shot five times.

It was freezing out, but the young woman had no shoes and no coat,

suggesting someone had robbed her.

However, the teenager's backpack was left at the scene and was searched.

Police were able to find out who she was, a single mother and student named

Denita Galette. Burke and the police scoured the scene for clues.

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