The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Serial Killers

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History, Education

4.6 • 30.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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A missing woman in Florida leads police to a fugitive who’s been on the run for 17 years. But that’s just the beginning. Franklin Delano Floyd not only becomes a suspect in that case, but he’s then tied to several unsolved murders, disappearances, and kidnappings dating back to the 1970s. For police, it will take decades to fully uncover the crimes of Franklin Delano Floyd. Keep up with us on Instagram @serialkillerspodcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's 1975, and Sandra Brandenburg just got out of jail.
0:10.0	It was a short sentence, 30 days for writing a bad check.
0:15.0	Now, as she turns the knob of her front door, she's smiling.
0:20.0	She can't wait to see her husband, Brandon, and her
0:22.7	three young daughters. But when she steps inside, the house is empty. Her family is gone. Sandra's
0:31.8	confusion quickly turns into panic. She calls around, knocks on doors, and eventually finds two of her daughters living in a church.
0:40.4	Apparently her husband gave up the girls without her knowledge or consent, but Sandra has no
0:45.7	idea where Brandon or her other child, five-year-old Suzanne, is now. She'll spend the next
0:52.2	40 years looking for Suzanne and wondering what kind of man her
0:56.3	husband really was. Welcome to Serial Killers, a Spotify podcast. Every Monday we bring you the
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