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

This episode includes discussions of rape, extreme violence, necrophilia, bestiality, and murder.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

A gentle breeze swept through a tranquil floor to wood.

Besides some rustling leaves, the only thing that disturbed the quiet was a young man trudging

through the underbrush.

Gerard John Schaefer stopped his hike at a healthy looking tree and eyed the mud around

it.

Animal tracks.

He'd been following them for some time now.

He crouched behind the tree and lifted the shotgun in his hand.

He was done walking, now he'd wait for whatever might emerge from the quiet woods.

He waited a long time, but he didn't mind.

That was part of the thrill of the hunt, one of his greatest passions.

The isolated quiet of the woods was even more enticing to him, because here he could

do whatever he wanted.

Then a songbird landed on a branch above him.

He stared at it curiously.

It was small, definitely not the kind of game that he could eat, but Gerard wasn't hunting

for food.

He had other plans for his prey.

He waited until the bird took flight and pulled the trigger.

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