Who Shot Officer Martin Ganz? How the "Sunglasses Bandit" Became a Cop Killer

Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

True Crime, Comedy

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In December of 1993, Officer Martin Ganz was on patrol when he pulled over a car for a traffic violation. As he went to make contact with the driver, shots rang out, and as Officer Ganz tried to retreat, the driver followed him, executing him behind his police cruiser. An investigation followed, and although investigators were certain they had the right man, a lack of evidence prevented an arrest from being made. A few months later though, the man struck again, and justice was finally found in the murder of Officer Martin Ganz. Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Remi: Go to shopremi.com/QUEENS and use code QUEENS at checkout for 50% off. Ollie: Take the online quiz and introduce Ollie to your pet. Visit https://ollie.com/QUEENS today for 60% off your first box of meals! #ToKnowThemIsToLoveThem © 2025 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights ReservedAudio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine playing bangers from the 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunch break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time,
0:18.0	or time to visit your nan time. on play some other time put your phone down
0:23.8	tombola open for fun terms apply 18 plus gambleaware dot org
0:29.3	in December of 1993 officer martin gans was on patrol when he pulled over a car for a simple traffic violation as he went to
0:39.8	make contact with the driver. Shots rang out and as Officer Gans tried to retreat, the driver
0:45.8	followed him, executing him behind his police cruiser. An investigation followed and although
0:51.4	investigators were certain they had the right man, a lack of evidence
0:55.0	prevented an arrest from being made. A few months later, though, the man struck again,
0:59.8	and justice was finally found in the murder of Officer Martin Gans.
1:18.3	All right, you guys, we've got a really sad one.
1:24.8	They're all really sad, but you know, there are elements of this that feel especially sad.
1:29.8	And I do want to give a, before we get started, a hey girl, thanks to Mark for writing this one up.
1:30.3	And also for, I guess, for requesting it.
1:34.8	I don't see a name for the request.
1:36.4	So hey girl, thanks.
1:38.6	All right.
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