Published by Hitched 2 Homicide | True Crime Podcast "For those of you who do not know what hell is like, you will find out" — D.A. Stephen Kay on the Shirley Ledford tape ⚠️ Content Warning: This blog and its companion podcast contain detailed accounts of violent crime, including the murder of young women. Content is presented with journalistic intent and deep respect for all victims and their families. The Toolbox Killers are That Case. Part Two. There are monsters who stum

MONSTERS WITH A TAPE RECORDER | Toolbox Killers Part One They met in prison. They made a plan. Then they built the van. In 1979, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris — the Toolbox Killers — began hunting teenage girls along California's Pacific Coast Highway. This week: the making of two monsters, the victims they stole first, and a silver van still rolling when nobody was looking. Part Two drops next week. Subscribe now.

The man with the locked garage, the frozen trophies, and the obsession that turned a quiet Salem street into a killing ground. Hey, Hitched 2 Homicide family. Welcome back. Pour your drink. Lock your doors. Because today's case is one I've been wanting to cover for a long time — and trust me, it did not disappoint on the disturbing scale. We're going to Oregon. We're going to a locked garage in Salem. And we're meeting Jerry Brudos. Before we get into it — and we are going to

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