Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of murder and assault

that some people may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13. It was a cold and rainy January night in 1968 in Aloa, Oregon, a suburb just outside of Portland.

Linda Slausen, a pretty 19-year-old woman, made her way up a dimly lit street, weighed down by the heavy carrying

case in her hand.

She had come to Aloa from Rochester, Minnesota, looking for sunshine and an easy west-coast lifestyle.

Instead, she found endless days of gloomy weather and a dead-end job selling encyclopedias.

Exasperated, Linda paused under a street lamp and reached into her purse, looking for the

slip of paper bearing the address of a potential customer.

Then a drop of rain smeared the ink.

Was it 1541 or 1451, all of the houses on the tidy suburban street looked the same.

Just as she was about to give up and head home, Linda spotted a man.

He was tall and broad. Standing in a yard of few houses down, he waved.

Unlikely that it was her intended customer, but Linda didn't care. She wanted out of the rain.

The man invited Linda inside and led her down to a basement workshop.

His wife and children were upstairs, he explained.

They could be quite noisy, and he wanted to chat somewhere quiet,

where they wouldn't be disturbed.

Linda hesitated, the man was big but looked harmless and he seemed intent on buying a set of

encyclopedias. Money was tight. One sale could cover her rent, and in any of money was

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