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.

Firefighters race to a dingy hotel on West 42nd Street near Times Square.

As their truck pulled up to the curb, they could see flames licking the windows on the fourth floor.

Once inside, they were hit with a wall of thick black smoke.

There was something else too.

A smell that shouldn't have been there.

Iron, so strong that one firefighter could taste it on his tongue.

Iron mixed with decay.

At the end of the hall, the firefighter saw a woman collapsed outside her hotel room door.

The firefighter ran to her, hoping it wasn't too late.

In smoke that thick, it can take only minutes

to coat your lungs. As the blaze grew around him, the firefighter reached the woman crumpled on the floor.

He grabbed her shoulder and pulled her over to administer a CPR.

She was charred and covered in thin bloody slashes.

A chill skittered up the firefighter's spine.

He moved to give her CPR, then screamed.

The woman had no head. Hi, I'm Greg Paulson. This is Serial Killers, a parcast original.

Every episode, we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers.

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