The Woodward Corridor Killer - August 26 2020 - Daily True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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August 26th: Benjamin Atkins Born (1968) Serial killers usually take their time perfecting their craft. Not many accelerate their murders at rapid rates out of fear of growing careless and slipping up. On August 26th 1968 a man was born who would murder, torture and rape 11 women in just 9 months. A man who hated sex workers and decided to take it upon himself to get the off the streets. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Information for this episode collected from: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There were two more murders 15 miles away in silver-racement.
0:03.8	We have a weird...
0:05.8	...scribed by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.
0:09.5	Morning.
0:09.9	Cereal killers usually take their time perfecting their craft.
0:14.6	Not many accelerate their murders at rapid rates out of fear of growing careless and slipping
0:19.6	up.
0:20.5	On August 26, 1968, a man was born who would
0:24.6	murder, torture, and rape 11 women in just nine months. A man who hated sex workers and decided to
0:32.9	take it upon himself to get them off the streets. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a
0:41.5	morning cup of murder.
0:45.7	Benjamin, Tony Atkins, was born on August 26, 1968, and raised in what sources claim was a
0:53.8	tortured childhood.
0:55.4	He grew up in and out of boys' homes, and when he was with his mother, she forced him to sit
1:00.9	in the back seat while she entertained Johns in the front seat.
1:04.7	And when he was just 10 years old, he was raped by a caseworker who was supposed to be a
1:09.3	protector.
1:10.3	His hatred for sex workers, more specifically his own mother, led him to become America's
1:15.5	fastest serial killer.
1:18.2	Named the Woodward Corridor Killer, Benjamin raped and strangled 11 women in Highland Park
1:24.1	and Detroit, Michigan, over the course of nine months.
1:28.8	According to the FBI,
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