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

This episode includes discussions of murder, assault, and domestic violence that some

people may find offensive.

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Tracy pulled her jacket more tightly around her, shivering against the bitter December wind.

As she passed a pub closing its doors for the night, a crowd of laughing partygoers

in Christmas sweaters spilled out onto the sidewalk.

But Tracy wasn't feeling the festive spirit.

In the final weeks of 2006, a shadow had fallen over Ipswich, an unassuming town on England's

sleepy east coast.

Five young women had been found dead, their nude bodies dumped in remote locations around

town, the work of a serial murderer who was still at large.

Like all of the murdered women, 31-year-old Tracy was the sex worker.

After the killings began, she and her colleagues were scared.

They'd agreed to be more careful on the streets, and not to take on any new clients.

Stick to the regulars they decided, the men they knew and trusted.

As she turned a corner heading into the heart of the red light district, Tracy noticed

a familiar car, a blue Ford Mondayow cruising slowly down the street.

She didn't need to look any closer to know who the driver was.

Steve Wright was a regular in every sense of the word.

He'd met a client for two years, both to Tracy and to other local sex workers.

As Tracy caught his eye, he slowed his car to a stop, and beckoned her over.

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