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Richard Beganwald tightly gripped the steering wheel, watching the cold December-Northeastern night fly by.

He was going way too fast on the highway, but he didn't give it a second thought.

It was 1958, and the 18-year-old had a devil-may-care attitude.

He and his passenger, James Sparnroft, were out that night looking for trouble.

They'd boosted the car a few hours ago in New York City.

Now they were headed south, nowhere in particular.

Just two days before, the parrot held up a convenience store, looking to score some cash.

It ended with a little money in their pockets, and the shopkeeper's death.

Tonight could go the same way. It all depended where the evening took them.

The pair shouldn't lay low, but Beganwald liked tempting fate.

Beganwald pressed his foot to the floor as the car flew over the blacktop.

Then, just past the city-limit sign of Salisbury, Maryland, Beganwald saw flashing red lights in the rear-view mirror.

He took his foot off the gas and pulled onto the shoulder of the highway.

The officer approached, flashlight in hand, gone on his hip.

But Beganwald wasn't nervous, as he clutched a sought-off shotgun on his lap.

The cop wouldn't know what hit him.

Hi, I'm Greg Poulson. This is Serial Killers, a Spotify original from Parcast.

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