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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

WHEN SATAN WORE A CROSS-Fred Rosen

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2012

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary



In 1980 in Toledo, Ohio—on one of the holiest days of the church calendar—the body of a nun was discovered in the sacristy of a hospital chapel. Seventy-one-year-old Sister Margaret Ann had been strangled and stabbed, her corpse arranged in a shameful and stomach-churning pose. But the police's most likely suspect was inexplicably released and the investigation was quietly buried. Despite damning evidence, Father Gerald Robinson went free.
Twenty-three years later the priest's name resurfaced in connection with a bizarre case of satanic ritual and abuse. It prompted investigators to exhume the remains of the slain nun in search of the proof left behind that would indelibly mark Father Robinson as Sister Margaret Ann's killer: the sign of the Devil.
When Satan Wore a Cross is a shocking true story of official cover-ups, madness, murder and lies—and of an unholy human monster who disguised himself in holy garb. WHEN SATAN WORE A CROSS-Fred Rosen

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,

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and the authors that have written about them. Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker,

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K, every week, another fascinating author talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.

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True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zupansky.

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Good evening. This is your host, Dan Zupansky, for the program True Murder,

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the most shocking killers in true crime history, and the authors that have written about them.

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In 1980, in Toledo, Ohio, on one of the holiest days of the church calendar,

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the body of a nun was discovered in the sacristy of a hospital chapel.

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71-year-old sister Margaret Anne had been strangled instead. Her corpse arranged in a shameful and stomach-turning pose.

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But the police's most likely suspect was inexplicably released, and the investigation was quietly buried.

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Despite damning evidence, father Gerald Robinson went free.

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23 years later, the priest named resurfaced in connection with a bizarre case of satanic ritual abuse.

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A prompted investigators to exume the remains of the slain nun in search of the proof left behind

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that would indelibly mark father Robinson as Sister Margaret Anne's killer, the sign of the devil.

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When Satan wore a cross, he's a shocking true story of official cover-ups, madness, murder, and lies,

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and an unholy human monster who disguised himself in holy garb.

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The book we're featuring this evening is When Satan War Across by journalist and author Fred Rosen.

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Welcome back to the program, Fred Rosen, and thank you for reading this interview.

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Well, thank you very much, Dan, for having me on once again. It's always a pleasure.

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Well, thank you.

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Now, this is for our audience, too.

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