He Kissed His Kids Goodnight… Then Tortured Women for Hours | The Torso Killer
By day, Richard Cottingham was a computer operator, a husband, and a father of three. By night, he was one of the most sadistic serial killers in American history.
On May 22, 1980, a single scream from a motel room in New Jersey finally stopped him. Police had no idea they had just arrested the man known as the Torso Killer and the Times Square Ripper — a predator responsible for at least 20 confirmed murders, and who later claimed the real number was closer to 100.
In this episode, Alexander Lawson takes you inside Cottingham’s double life: the suburban façade, the victims he targeted from…
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