“The Roadside Strangler” Michael Bruce Ross Pt. 1

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.7 • 30.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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After experiencing severe emotional abuse as a child in the ‘60s, Michael Bruce Ross got a fresh start at Cornell University. But in his senior year, as his relationship with his fiancée began to unravel, he started acting out his perverse childhood fantasies — thrilled by the terror he could instill in his victims. 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, listener discretion is advised.
0:05.7	This episode includes discussions of murder, suicide, sexual assault, rape, and animal
0:11.3	abuse that some people may find offensive.
0:14.2	We advise extreme caution for children under 13.
0:18.8	On May 12, 1981, 25-year-old Zungnok II hunched over a pile of paper she was grating in
0:24.8	library at Cornell University.
0:26.9	A little after midnight, the graduate student decided she'd worked enough for the day
0:30.8	and packed up her stuff to head home.
0:32.9	Zungn left the library and started walking home, enjoying the warm breeze and the calming
0:38.3	silence that hung over the picturesque campus.
0:41.6	Despite the quiet, Zungn wasn't alone.
0:44.7	21-year-old Michael Bruce Ross was following her, and when they entered a dark, deserted area,
0:50.0	he pounced.
0:51.3	Michael grabbed Zungn by the neck and dragged her behind a building.
0:55.3	As hard as she tried to resist, the tiny woman was no match.
1:00.0	With his hand still around her neck, he forced her to undress, then sexually assaulted,
1:04.7	and raped her.
1:05.8	When he was finished, he instructed her to put her clothes back on and to get onto her stomach.
1:11.2	But he wasn't done yet.
1:13.3	Michael's night was only just beginning.
1:22.0	Hi, I'm Greg Poulson.
1:24.7	This is serial killers, a Spotify original from Parkcast.
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