La Bestia: The Crimes of Luis Garavito
In the coffee fields and cane thickets of Colombia, children vanished. Boys no one was watching closely enough followed a stranger who offered a few pesos, a job, or a kind word—and never came home.
Host Alexander Lawson examines the case of Luis Alfredo Garavito, known as La Bestia (“The Beast”), one of the most prolific serial killers and child sex offenders in modern history. Between 1992 and 1999 he murdered at least 193 minors across Colombia and beyond, using disguises and false promises to lure his victims. This episode covers his methods, the investigation that finally stopped him…
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