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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

“The Ypsilanti Ripper” - John Norman Collins

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

By 1967, he seemed to be a well-adjusted college student in Ann Arbor, Michigan. But the real reason for John Norman Collins' confidence lay far from the local college campus. Rather, in an abandoned farmhouse deep in the woods, where he could visit his victims again and again, admiring his handiwork. Sponsors! Pair of Thieves - Get 20% off your first order when you go to PairOfThieves.com/KILLERS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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approval. Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

0:33.0

listener discretion is advised.

0:35.2

This episode includes discussions of murder and assault

0:37.9

that some people may find offensive.

0:40.0

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

0:44.0

Stars twinkle above a small college campus.

0:48.0

On the street outside the Student Union, a woman hurries to the bus top,

0:52.0

arriving just after the last bus

0:54.8

departs. She shakes her head and starts fishing coins from her purse for the

0:59.1

pay phone. Just as she's about to call her roommate, an old car pulls up, a handsome dark-haired man rolls down the window.

1:08.0

Does she need a ride? Maybe missing the bus isn't so bad after all.

1:12.0

But what starts out as a friendly conversation... maybe missing the bus isn't so bad after all.

1:12.6

But what starts out as a friendly conversation quickly becomes uncomfortable.

1:18.1

The man quotes a Bible verse to scold her for having her ears pierced. Then he asks if she's menstruating. By now

1:26.2

they're on a dark rural back road she doesn't recognize. She isn't even sure

1:31.0

whether they're headed in the right direction.

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