Killing 15 Minutes

The conversation explores the topic of the Thuggee cult, an organized group of robbers and murderers in India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The leader of the cult, Barum, was suspected of killing up to 931 people, although only 125 murders were confirmed to be linked to him. The conversation also touches on the East India Company, the lack of record-keeping during that time, and the stereoty...

Wayne Bowden was a serial killer in Canada between 1969 and 1971, nicknamed the vampire rapist due to his biting of his victim's breasts. He was convicted based on orthodontological evidence, becoming the first person in North America to be convicted using this method. Bowden's crimes involved rape, strangulation, and mutilation of his victims' breasts. He was sentenced to four consecutive life se...

Stephen Akinmurel, a suspected British serial killer, targeted elderly people in the 1990s. He had a history of mental illness and began committing crimes against the elderly at a young age. Akinmurel's victims were all elderly and lived in quiet suburban areas, earning him the nickname 'the cul-de-sac killer.' He was arrested and charged with multiple murders, including the killing of his landlad...

In the 1980s, two British men known as the Railway Rapists or the Railway Killers terrorized the rail stations of southern England. They targeted women, often near railway stations, and carried out a series of rapes and murders. The police initiated multiple operations to catch the perpetrators, including Operation Heart and Operation Leia. The killers were eventually identified as John Duffy and...

Vicki Jackson, a licensed vocational nurse, was suspected of being an angel of death at Nokano General Hospital. The hospital experienced an increase in deaths of elderly patients, leading to an investigation. It was discovered that vials of Mivacron, a muscle relaxer, had gone missing. Jackson was arrested and charged with multiple murders. She pled no contest and was sentenced to life imprisonme...

Adam Lane, also known as the Highway Killer, attacked five women between July 13th to July 30th, 2007, in three different states. He was a truck driver and carried hunting knives, choke wire, and a leather mask. Lane's first known victim was Darlene Uelts, followed by Patricia Brooks and Monica Massaro. He was captured after attacking Shaya McDonald. Lane was sentenced to life in prison for murder...

Hello and welcome to Killing 15 Minutes, where we will give you your serial killer fix in 15 minutes or less, or your podcast is free. I'm Sam Rossi, and shortly I'll be handing a poorly written synopsis of a serial killer to my brother who hasn't read it on a serial killer he's most likely hasn't heard of. This should be fun.  The Trenton Strangler. Anthony Balaam murdered four women in Trenton,...

The episode discusses the case of Michael Player, also known as the Skid Row Slayer, who committed a series of murders in Los Angeles in the 1980s. The conversation explores the lack of investigation into the murders due to the victims being homeless and involved in drugs and prostitution. The hosts also touch on the challenges faced by law enforcement in solving multiple murders during that time...

Douglas Wright, a serial killer from Oregon, killed at least seven people between 1969 and 1991. He endured a traumatic childhood and was involved in criminal activities from a young age. Wright's crimes included murder, sexual assault, and kidnapping. He was paroled multiple times and continued to commit violent acts. He was eventually sentenced to death and executed in 1996. The conversation als...

Robert Schulman, a postal worker in Hicksville, New York, was convicted of murdering five women between 1991 and 1996. The victims' bodies were found in various locations, beaten and dismembered. Schulman's brother, Barry, was also involved in disposing of one of the bodies. The police were able to link Schulman to the murders through evidence such as a sleeping bag and witness testimonies. Schulm...

Robert Maudsley, a British serial killer, is the focus of this episode. Maudsley experienced severe abuse as a child and turned to sex work and drugs to cope. He claimed to hear voices telling him to kill his parents and later killed a man who had abused children. Maudsley was found unfit to stand trial and was sentenced to a psychiatric hospital. While in prison, he tortured and killed a child mo...

Eugene Barrett, a serial killer from Hawaii, murdered three women over a span of 40 years. He had a history of excessive drinking and was dishonorably discharged from the army. Barrett's first murder occurred in 1959 when he shot his ex-girlfriend. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment but was later paroled. Barrett went on to commit two more murders, one in 1972 and another in 1995....

The Honolulu Strangler, also known as The Honolulu Rapist, is the nickname given to an unidentified serial killer who is credited with killing five women in Hawaii from 1985 and 1986. Only the second serial killer in Hawaiian history (excluding the US *badum tsh*) The Honolulu Strangler is the second known serial killer in Hawaii, responsible for the rape and murder of five women in 1985 and 1986....

Jerry Brudos killed at least four women between 1968 to 1969, and was probably the most looney of the sick puppies we cover. So much so that the accidentally secondhand buzzed AJ may or may not have had a bit of a tweak out over the absurdism over this big fan of My Left Foot. Jerry Brudos, a serial killer from Oregon, killed at least four women in 1968 and 1969. He had a shoe and foot fetish from...

In the 1400s, France saw massive upheavals in socio-political conquests, and the right hand of Joan of Arc was Gilles de Rais, the man who kidnapped and sacrificed kids to try and summon demons according to the last 500 years of potential propaganda. Sounds like a fun guy. Gilles de Reys, a knight and lord from Brittany, was convicted as a confessed serial killer of children in the 1400s. He was i...

Timothy Spencer, also known as the South Side Strangler, was an American serial killer who raped and murdered multiple women. He was the first serial killer in the US to be convicted based on DNA evidence. Spencer's victims included Debbie Davis, Dr. Susan Hellems, Diane Cho, and Susan Tucker. He was convicted and sentenced to death for three of the murders. Spencer's DNA was also linked to the 19...

Eddie Leonski, a member of the US Army, was a serial killer known as the Brown Out Strangler. He strangled three women in Melbourne, Australia in 1942. Leonski claimed he killed the women to get their voices. He had a troubled childhood and a deep resentment towards his mother. He was arrested, tried, and convicted under American military law. Leonski was sentenced to death and executed in Austral...

Four Finnish teens were brutally attacked while camping, with three killed and one survivor. The bodies were discovered by a carpenter, but the police failed to properly secure the scene and lost valuable evidence. There have been several suspects, including Waldemar Geistrom and Hans Asmin, but no evidence has linked them to the killings. Nils Gustafsson, the survivor, was arrested but later acqu...

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Andrei Chikatilo, also known as the Red Ripper, was a notorious serial killer in Russia. This episode covers his crimes and the investigation that led to his capture. Chikatilo was released from custody in 1984 and went on to commit more murders. The police struggled to connect the killings to him until they brought in a psychiatrist to profile the killer. Chikatilo was eventually arrested in 1990...

Killing 15 Minutes is a True Crime podcast that takes a unique and conversational approach to discussing serial killers and crimes. The hosts, AJ Carey and Sam Rossi, started the podcast with the idea of providing quick and concise information about true crimes. They read poorly written synopses and add their own humor and commentary to the discussions. The podcast aims to break the mold of tradit...

Andrei Chikatilo, also known as the Butcher of Rostov or the Red Ripper, was a Soviet serial killer who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least 52 women and children. He was born in Ukrainian USSR in 1936 and faced poverty, ridicule, hunger, and war during his childhood. Chikatilo's crimes escalated over time, and he targeted both male and female victims. He was eventually arrested in...

(Yes I know he doesn't have a cool moniker but any time that happens we'll make our own... probably will change it.) Once again, Sam and A.J. take a look over to Californian killers with Herbert Mullin, who killed 13 people in the early 1970s to 'prevent earthquakes'. I mean not the worst delusion we've heard so far. Almost informative and criminally silly, we can guarantee it's under 15 minutes o...

Unsolved murders are tough, but Sam and A.J. dive in again to a strangler that only seemed to strangle a couple of his victims. Also a nice discussion on how a problem with unsolved serial killings is essentially you don't really know if the murders are actually linked or just different people doing similar things. Trust me, that's a big one for later. Almost informative and criminally silly, we c...

Sam and A.J. discuss the Vampire of Sacramento and maybe about how it's a little weird how easy most serial killer cases boil down to "and the cops did nothing". But I mean he was only covered in COW'S blood so it was totally okay. Yes, this is Richard Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento, who was actively spree killing in 1977 (less serial killer and more sick puppy that escalated). Almost informativ...