Robert Berdella isn't the most talked-about killer out there, but he deserves to be recognized for the monster that he is, or was.

He's another serial killer from the 1980s who raped, tortured, and killed.

And just like Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy even years before that, he hunted young men,

engaging in manipulative sexual

relationships with them, while creating an imbalance of power. You're going to find out which

horror movie influenced him so much that he heard a click in his head and went for kills. And what

cost him to experiment on his victims with drain cleaners and electric shocks, and then document these

actions with Polaroid pictures. Let's dive into the sick world of Robert Verdella, the Kansas

City Butcher. Welcome to 10-minute murder.

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Please buckle up because the story today is disturbing and it's interesting as well.

Now, I was watching this Netflix show called I Am a Killer.

It doesn't seem to be extremely popular, so you may or may not have seen it. But I was catching

up in the new season and they showed a stat. They kind of shocked me a little bit. It says that

there are currently more than 135,000 people in prison for murder right now. And over 25% of those have been diagnosed

with a serious mental illness. And that leaves many more undiagnosed. That's just what they

have confirmed on paper as of right now, 25%, over 25% of 135,000. And I talk about mental illness quite a bit on this podcast because it's the

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