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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

“The Gainesville Ripper” Pt. 1: Danny Rolling

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

It's likely that an abusive, loveless upbringing in the 1960s and ‘70s shaped Danny Rolling’s troubling violent sexual fantasies. After a young life of petty crime in Louisiana and Georgia, one incident set Danny off. 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,

0:02.8

listener discretion is advised.

0:04.8

This episode includes discussions of domestic abuse,

0:07.8

murder, and sexual assault that some people may find offensive.

0:12.1

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

0:15.4

The night air was warm, but 23-year-old Danny Rawling had ice in his heart.

0:28.6

He walked the quiet streets of his wife,

0:33.0

wife Omatha had just happened.

0:35.5

His wife Omatha had just driven the final nail into the coffin.

0:40.2

Their marriage was dead.

0:42.2

Omatha had taken everything from him, even his daughter.

0:46.0

Now there was a chance he may never see either of them again.

0:50.0

Danny's fingernails drove into his palms as he clenched his fists. He felt incensed,

0:57.0

rejected. He'd been given O'Matha by God and she had decided that didn't matter.

1:04.8

Eventually, Danny arrived at a familiar house,

1:07.7

just a few streets from his parents home.

1:10.4

Two young co-eds lived there. Danny knew them well.

1:14.0

Not personally, though.

1:16.0

He had taken to watching them at night through their open windows.

1:20.0

One of them was blonde, the other a brunette. Thinking about the brunette made Danny remember

1:26.5

O'Matha's own long auburn hair. It was one of the first things he'd noticed about her.

1:32.4

He stepped toward the sidewalk and moved. was one of the first things he'd noticed about her.

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