Summer 2004. A serial killer is on the loose in Kansas City. The police are hunting the killer with the cameras of The First 48 following them. By September, they have the killer in custody, Terry Anthony Blair, a man on parole for the murder of his wife.
What drove him to kill? Was it genetic given that he came from a family of killers? Or is it something more?
Wherever Terry Peder Rasmussen went, death followed in his wake. Yet, no one knew he was a serial killer. Using multiple aliases, Terry was able to evade capture until his dead wife was found buried in cat litter. And, even then, the police didn't discover the depth of his depravity until after he died. Listen as we discuss his crimes and dig deep into his murderous roots.
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At the death of little Mary Adelaide Garrett, friends and family grieved with parents George and Rhonda Belle. No one expressed any suspicions or concerns when their other four children died as well as George Garrett. “Poor Rhonda Belle,” they said to themselves, thinking that she must have the worst luck. And her luck kept getting worse as her fourth husband had an untimely death. When her fifth husband, Ronald Martin, ended up in the hospital, the authorities finally took notice. It wasn’t bad luck. It was poison.
Listen to this latest episode as we dive into her family tree to find some answers to why Rhonda Belle Martin would do such heinous acts.
Gary Ridgway had everyone fooled from his brothers to his wife to his son. They saw him as a good man. Little did they know about his secret life picking up sex workers, sometimes murdering them. He was the man the Green River Killer Task Force had been hunting for nearly 20 years.
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After a tough couple of weeks, Denise and Zelda decided they didn’t want to start off January with murder, particularly if their first episode after the holidays would air on January 20. So, instead, they are re-airing Episode 12 profiling Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. on his Inauguration Day.
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In part two of The Clutter Family murders, they discuss what led Perry Edward Smith to join Richard "Dick" Hickock in the robbery, and later murder, of Herbert Clutter and his family. Then, we discuss his family as well as his ancestors. This may be one of the most interesting trees yet!
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