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Top 3 random encounters with SERIAL KILLERS · Crime and Horror

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  Speaker 1: Experts believe in the United States alone, there are at
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  Speaker 1: least two thousand active uncaught serial killers just running wild,
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  Speaker 1: which means, if you live in America, you may have
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  Speaker 1: already had an interaction with a serial killer you just
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  Speaker 1: didn't know it. But today I'm going to share three
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  Speaker 1: progressively more disturbing cases of Americans that had an interaction
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  Speaker 1: with a serial killer but came to find out later
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  Speaker 1: that it was a serial killer. But before we get
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  Speaker 1: into those stories, if you're a fan of these strange,
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  Speaker 1: After spending twenty one years in the US Army, a
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  Speaker 1: man retires and moves to Central Florida with his wife
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  Speaker 1: and young son. Although his family had plenty of money
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  Speaker 1: because he had a pension coming in and his wife still.
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  Speaker 2: Worked full time.
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  Speaker 1: He just got bored really quickly after moving to central
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  Speaker 1: Florida and decided he would just take a job doing
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  Speaker 1: something just to stay occupied, and so he ended up
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  Speaker 1: taking a job at a highway gas station. One of
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  Speaker 1: the primary reasons he chose this particular job is because
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  Speaker 1: the owners of the gas station didn't care if his
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  Speaker 1: son came along to help him stock shelves and hang
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  Speaker 1: out behind the cash register. And so for years, that's
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  Speaker 1: just how it went. The man would work at the
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  Speaker 1: gas station and his son would tag along. Even after
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  Speaker 1: his son became a teenager and you'd think might be
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  Speaker 1: wanting to do other things, well, the town was so
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  Speaker 1: small there was almost nothing to do, so his son
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  Speaker 1: still came along well into his teenage years. One night
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  Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety, his son, who was fifteen years old
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  Speaker 1: at the time, was at the station and he was
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  Speaker 1: actually taking a break, sitting outside on a picnic table.
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  Speaker 1: He was reading a magazine, drinking a mountain dew, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's dark out, and he notices out of
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  Speaker 1: the corner of.
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  Speaker 2: His eye that there is a.
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  Speaker 1: Woman walking off of the highway towards the gas station.
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  Speaker 1: It was a very quiet night at the time, so
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  Speaker 1: there's no cars getting gas. There's nobody there, and there's
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  Speaker 1: not really anybody even driving on the highway, and so
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  Speaker 1: that's why she really stood out to him. And he
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  Speaker 1: turns and he notices her, and he thinks to himself,
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  Speaker 1: you know, no one ever walks to our gas station.
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  Speaker 1: We're on a highway. Everybody drives here, So she must
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  Speaker 1: have broken down, and she must be coming here to
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  Speaker 1: try to use our phone to call a tow truck
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  Speaker 1: or something like that. So the woman is walking across
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  Speaker 1: the lot, coming closer and closer to the gas station,
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  Speaker 1: and the boy at this point has turned his attention
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  Speaker 1: back to his magazine, but he would say later that
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  Speaker 1: he kept looking up and keeping an eye on her
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  Speaker 1: because there was something off about her.
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  Speaker 2: The woman ultimately.
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  Speaker 1: Walks right behind him and goes in the door into
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  Speaker 1: the gas station. Doesn't acknowledge the boy, doesn't say hi
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  Speaker 1: to him, just walks straight inside, and she starts walking
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  Speaker 1: up and down the aisles of the gas station. Now,
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  Speaker 1: from where the boy was sitting, it's all glass, so
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  Speaker 1: he could clearly look in and see his father behind
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  Speaker 1: the counter, and he could see the head of this
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  Speaker 1: woman as she walked in and around all these aisles,
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  Speaker 1: and as soon as the woman was in the store
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  Speaker 1: kind of pacing around the aisles, the boy put his
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  Speaker 1: magazine down and was just watching, and he noticed that
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  Speaker 1: she was not really shopping. She was just looking down
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  Speaker 1: for a few seconds, wouldn't pick anything up, so she
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  Speaker 1: wasn't buying anything. And she would look up at the
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  Speaker 1: counter where his father was, and she would just stare
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  Speaker 1: at him, and then she'd look back down at what
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  Speaker 1: she was doing, and she would go through all the aisles,
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  Speaker 1: and at some point the woman just kind of abandons
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  Speaker 1: this phony I'm pretending to shop routine.
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  Speaker 2: And just walks up to the counter.
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  Speaker 1: Now nobody else is in the store, there's nobody else
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  Speaker 1: coming in, and so the boy could actually fairly clearly
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  Speaker 1: hear what she was saying to his father. And she
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  Speaker 1: told his father that she had broken down and she
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  Speaker 1: needed to ride, and could he drive her to Okala,
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  Speaker 1: which was the next big town north of this gas station.
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  Speaker 1: And the boy would say that his father acted very
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  Speaker 1: strangely because his father is normally incredibly pleasant with all
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  Speaker 1: the customers. He's very chatty, even like he talks to
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  Speaker 1: everybody who comes in the store, But as soon as
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  Speaker 1: this woman had gone in, his dad had seemed kind
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  Speaker 1: of dismissive and almost rude to this woman, and when
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  Speaker 1: she was talking to him, asking for a ride, he
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  Speaker 1: just said, no, I won't give you a ride.
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  Speaker 2: The woman is annoyed by how quickly.
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  Speaker 1: She's been shot down, but instead of just taking no
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  Speaker 1: for an answer, she turns and looks at the boy,
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  Speaker 1: the boy who's sitting out on the bench, who's looking
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  Speaker 1: right at her, And she points at the boy, and
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  Speaker 1: she says, what about him?
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  Speaker 2: Is he your son? Can he give me a ride?
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  Speaker 1: The boy notices that his father, who's not within her eyesight,
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  Speaker 1: is looking at his son, going no, Like whatever she
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  Speaker 1: wants from you, you're going to say no to it.
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  Speaker 1: And the boy's a little bit confused by this because
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  Speaker 1: he's still trying to understand why his dad was so
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  Speaker 1: against helping this woman, because she clearly needs our help
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  Speaker 1: or someone's help. But he just took his dad at
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  Speaker 1: face value, and when the woman's pointing at him, he
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  Speaker 1: knew the boy that if she came over and asked him,
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  Speaker 1: he would say no. But it wouldn't come to that
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  Speaker 1: because the boy's father would say to the woman, No,
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  Speaker 1: my son's not going to give you a ride. You
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  Speaker 1: need to leave here immediately. Do not come back. Leave
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  Speaker 1: We're not going to help you. She's furious, she's cussing
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  Speaker 1: him out. She storms out and slams the door. She
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  Speaker 1: starts cussing at the boy and she walks off. The
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  Speaker 1: whole time is turning around and flipping them off and
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  Speaker 1: screaming profanities at them. But she ultimately walks off, and
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  Speaker 1: the dad kind of followed her out and is standing
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  Speaker 1: next to his son as she walks off, and the
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  Speaker 1: boy asks his dad like, what was her deal? Why
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  Speaker 1: did that happen? Why did you Why did you not
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  Speaker 1: want to help her? And the dad just said, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know.
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  Speaker 2: There was just something.
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  Speaker 1: There was something off about her, and I don't know
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  Speaker 1: how to place it, but I did not want her
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  Speaker 1: around you. I knew I didn't want to give her
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  Speaker 1: a ride. I knew she had to go. A year later,
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  Speaker 1: the boy is in his room when he hears his
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  Speaker 1: dad in the other room yelling for him to come
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  Speaker 1: in here and look at the TV. So he runs
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  Speaker 1: into the TV room and on the TV is the
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  Speaker 1: same woman from the gas station, better known as Eileen warnos.
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  Speaker 1: She was a serial killer who used to pick up
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  Speaker 1: her male victims at gas stations in Florida. It's unclear
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  Speaker 1: whether the boy or the boy's father were her next victims,
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  Speaker 1: but by the time she had shown up at that
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  Speaker 1: gas station, she had already killed four pople and following
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  Speaker 1: that interaction with them at the gas station, she had
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  Speaker 1: gone on to kill three more people, including someone in Okalla, Florida,
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  Speaker 1: which was the town she had.
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  Speaker 2: Asked them to give her a ride to.
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  Speaker 1: Eileen had been caught, That's why she was on TV,
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  Speaker 1: and she was later sentenced to death. In the late
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  Speaker 1: nineteen seventies, a medical student going to school in Chicago
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  Speaker 1: had just got out of class and decided he didn't
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  Speaker 1: want to pay for a taxi, so he decided he
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  Speaker 1: would hitchhike his way home. Now, this was something he
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  Speaker 1: routinely did and at the time was socially acceptable. So
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  Speaker 1: he goes down to the road and he puts his
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  Speaker 1: thumb out and eventually a car pulls up, and he
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  Speaker 1: would describe the man that is pulling up as looking.
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  Speaker 2: Normal and even friendly and light hearted.
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  Speaker 1: It's a middle aged guy, and he tells the student, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: come on in hop inside, I'll give you a ride.
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  Speaker 1: The student did not feel threatened by this guy and
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  Speaker 1: felt like overall this was safe, and so he hops
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  Speaker 1: in the passenger seat. He tells this man where he
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  Speaker 1: wants to go. He says okay, and they start driving off.
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  Speaker 1: So as they're driving, it's island in the car. They're
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  Speaker 1: not making chit chat or just driving along, and the
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  Speaker 1: student notices that the man misses the turn to go
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  Speaker 1: where he needs to go, and so the student turns
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  Speaker 1: to the man and says, hey, you know you miss
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  Speaker 1: the turn. Do you mind turning around and going back
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  Speaker 1: this way, or you know, if you want, you can
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  Speaker 1: just drop me off here and I'm happy to walk.
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  Speaker 2: We're not that far away.
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  Speaker 1: The man, who had seemed really nice and lighthearted, suddenly
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  Speaker 1: had this really intense demeanor come over him, and he
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  Speaker 1: turns and looks at the student and goes, oh, no,
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  Speaker 1: you're coming with me. The student is frozen in fear.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't know what to do, but he knows immediately
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  Speaker 1: that this is not an idle threat. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: who he is, I don't know what's going to happen,
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  Speaker 1: but it's going to be bad for me. I have
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  Speaker 1: to get out, and so as soon as the car
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  Speaker 1: began to slow down even a little bit, I mean
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  Speaker 1: they're still driving, they're not stopped, the student unlocks the door,
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  Speaker 1: opens the car, and jumps out of the moving car
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  Speaker 1: and smashes into the ground, rolls against the side of
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  Speaker 1: the curb, but is ultimately unhurt. And he's banged up
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  Speaker 1: from jumping out of a moving car, but he was
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  Speaker 1: able to stand up and run back to his house.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't call the police because he really didn't know
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  Speaker 1: what to tell them, because he didn't have a great
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  Speaker 1: description of the guy. He didn't have his license plate,
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  Speaker 1: and the guy didn't do anything totally aggressive. It was
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  Speaker 1: more of a threat, but an ambiguous threat at best.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't really clear what he wanted to do with him.
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  Speaker 1: It definitely did not seem good, but it just wasn't
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  Speaker 1: enough for him to call the police. And so the
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  Speaker 1: student just feels lucky that he got out of there
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  Speaker 1: and moves on with his life. A couple of years
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  Speaker 1: go by, the student at this point has basically forgotten
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  Speaker 1: about this encounter with the stranger, and he's sitting in
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  Speaker 1: a cafe. He's drinking some coffee and there's a TV
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  Speaker 1: on behind him. He wasn't paying attention to it, but
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  Speaker 1: the reporter on the TV said something that immediately piqued
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  Speaker 1: his interest.
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  Speaker 2: The reporter was.
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  Speaker 1: Talking about a guy that was currently on death row
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  Speaker 1: that apparently had removed all of the inside car door
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  Speaker 1: handles inside of his car after his first would be victim,
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  Speaker 1: a college student, had apparently escaped by opening a car
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  Speaker 1: door while he was moving. The student runs over to
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  Speaker 1: the TV and sees on the screen there is an
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  Speaker 1: image of the guy they're talking about.
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  Speaker 2: This guy on death.
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  Speaker 1: Row, the same guy who gave him a ride two
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  Speaker 1: years earlier. His name was John Wayne Gacy, aka the
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  Speaker 1: Killer Clown. He had killed over thirty men and boys
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  Speaker 1: in Chicago, and then after killing them in his clown room,
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  Speaker 1: he would stuff them into a secret call space in
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  Speaker 1: his basement. And although we can't be certain, it seems
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  Speaker 1: extremely likely that this med student was supposed to be
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  Speaker 1: the first victim of John Wayne Gacy, but he leapt
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  Speaker 1: out of the car, forcing John Wayne Gaysey to change
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  Speaker 1: his strategy and make sure the next person was not
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  Speaker 1: able to do that. In the nineteen seventies, a young
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  Speaker 1: woman and young man were on their very first date together,
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  Speaker 1: and it wasn't going very well. It wasn't going badly,
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  Speaker 1: it was just really really awkward. They just were not
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  Speaker 1: meshing at all. And so as they're getting ready to
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  Speaker 1: leave and retire for the night, the guy is thinking
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  Speaker 1: to himself, I have nothing to lose here. We're probably
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  Speaker 1: not going to go on a second date. And he
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  Speaker 1: says to the woman, Hey, do you want to not
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  Speaker 1: go home right now and actually come on a hike
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  Speaker 1: with me? And he goes, I know this sounds like
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  Speaker 1: a terrible idea, but hear me out. I go mountain
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  Speaker 1: climbing in this area called Provo Canyon.
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  Speaker 2: It's not that far from here.
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  Speaker 1: There are these beautiful trails that lead up the side
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  Speaker 1: of the canyon to these amazing scenic overlooks, and tonight
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  Speaker 1: it's a new moon, so there's great visibility and I
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  Speaker 1: just think that you might enjoy it. And so at
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  Speaker 1: first the woman is obviously a little bit hesitant, but
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  Speaker 1: when he says, look, I go hiking there at night
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  Speaker 1: all the time. I love it out there, and I
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  Speaker 1: promise if there's any weirdness, if you don't like being there,
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  Speaker 1: we'll just turn around and leave. It's totally safe, and
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  Speaker 1: so after a little bit of coaxing, she finally says, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: you know what, that sounds fun.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go do it.
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  Speaker 1: And so their date that had been really awkward suddenly
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  Speaker 1: became really exciting, and the two of them were kind
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  Speaker 1: of like thrilled, like, wow, look at us making our
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  Speaker 1: way up for a nighttime hike through Provo Canyon. And
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  Speaker 1: so they arrive at the mouth of this canyon and
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  Speaker 1: they're both obviously excited, and they hop out and they
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  Speaker 1: start walking up this trail that brings them into a
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  Speaker 1: heavily forested section of the canyon. Now, to this point,
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  Speaker 1: the guy felt like this was a really great idea,
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  Speaker 1: had gone hiking here a bunch and he really did.
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  Speaker 2: Know the area well.
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  Speaker 1: But as the trail brought them into the forested area,
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  Speaker 1: the guy remembers feeling this overwhelming sense of dread.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't know why.
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  Speaker 1: It was just like an overwhelming sense of anxiety that
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  Speaker 1: something bad was going to happen to them. But he
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  Speaker 1: had worked so hard to convince his date to come
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  Speaker 1: with him, and had convinced her it was safe that
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  Speaker 1: he's not about to let on to her that there
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  Speaker 1: was anything wrong with what they were doing, and so
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  Speaker 1: he put on his strong face and just kind of
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  Speaker 1: suppressed it and just kept on walking and you know,
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  Speaker 1: holding her hand tight, and they just continued their walk,
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  Speaker 1: but his sense of dread would just build and build
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  Speaker 1: to the point.
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  Speaker 2: Where he was really on edge.
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  Speaker 1: And what he didn't know but would find out later,
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  Speaker 1: is that his date, a woman, she also had this
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  Speaker 1: horrible sense of dread as soon as they went into the.
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  Speaker 2: Forest, but she didn't want to tell him because she didn't.
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  Speaker 1: Want to seem like a party pooper because he seemed really
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  Speaker 1: excited about it. At some point, as they're walking down
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  Speaker 1: this path, the man steps on something that felt soft.
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  Speaker 1: Didn't know what it was, but it caused him to
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  Speaker 1: freeze immediately, and he's.
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  Speaker 2: Holding her hand.
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  Speaker 1: It kind of jerks her to get her to stop.
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  Speaker 1: And before he can even look down and see what
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  Speaker 1: he's standing on, he hears rustling coming.
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  Speaker 2: From the bushes just off the trail.
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  Speaker 1: She hears it too, and both of them without saying
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  Speaker 1: a word to each other, because again, you got to remember,
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  Speaker 1: they're both really stressed. They haven't led on to the
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  Speaker 1: other how stressed they are, but they're both basically ready
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  Speaker 1: to leave and so the two of them turn around
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  Speaker 1: and they hide tail it out of there. He has
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  Speaker 1: no idea what he stepped on. They don't know what
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  Speaker 1: they heard in the bushes, but they don't care. The
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  Speaker 1: anxiety was so high they just wanted to leave. Years later,
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  Speaker 1: that man and woman who had this very strange date
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  Speaker 1: would actually be married, and they'd be sitting down watching
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  Speaker 1: TV together and they're flipping through the channels and they
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  Speaker 1: land on an interview with a death row inmate, and
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  Speaker 1: the interviewer is asking the inmate, was there ever a
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  Speaker 1: time that you were almost caught red handed?
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  Speaker 2: And the guy being.
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  Speaker 1: Interviewed says, yes, one time, I was in the forest
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  Speaker 1: up in Provo Canyon one night and a young couple
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  Speaker 1: came walking up the trail.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't see him, so I only had a chance
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  Speaker 2: to jump.
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  Speaker 1: Into the bushes right next to the trail, and the
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  Speaker 1: guy actually stepped on the body of a girl I
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  Speaker 1: had just killed. But for some reason, he didn't look
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  Speaker 1: down and see what he was standing on, and the
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  Speaker 1: two of them didn't notice me just a few feet
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  Speaker 1: away from them. They just turned around and walked away.
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  Speaker 1: Turns out that young couple had run into one of
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  Speaker 1: the worst serial killers of all time, Ted Bundy. Before
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  Speaker 1: Bundy was executed, he confessed to over thirty murders, but
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  Speaker 1: many people believe the true number of victims is much, much,
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  Speaker 1: much higher.
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  Speaker 1: The comment section, and let me know how you would
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  Speaker 1: respond if it turned out you had actually interacted with
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  Speaker 1: to do it, see you next person was not able
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  Speaker 1: to do that. In the nineteen seventies, a young woman
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  Speaker 1: and young man were on their very first date together
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  Speaker 1: and it wasn't going very well. It wasn't going badly,
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  Speaker 1: it was just really really awkward. They just were not
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  Speaker 1: meshing at all. And so as they're getting ready to
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  Speaker 1: leave and retire for the night, the guys thinking to himself,
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  Speaker 1: I have nothing to lose here.
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  Speaker 2: We're probably not going to.
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  Speaker 1: Go on a second date, and he says to the woman, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: do you want to not go home right now and
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  Speaker 1: actually come on a hike with me? And he goes,
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  Speaker 1: I know this sounds like a terrible idea, but hear
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  Speaker 1: me out. I go mountain climbing in this area called
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  Speaker 1: Provo Canyon. It's not that far from here. There are
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  Speaker 1: these beautiful trails that lead up the side of the canyon,
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  Speaker 1: to these amazing scenic overlooks, and tonight it's a new moon,
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  Speaker 1: so there's great visibility, and I just think that you
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  Speaker 1: might enjoy it. And so at first the woman is
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  Speaker 1: obviously a little bit hesitant, but when he says, look,
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  Speaker 1: I go hiking there at night all the time.
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  Speaker 2: I love it out there.
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  Speaker 1: And I promise if there's any weirdness, if you don't
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  Speaker 1: like being there, we'll just turn around and leave.
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  Speaker 2: It's totally safe.
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  Speaker 1: And so after a little bit of coaxing, she finally says, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: you know what, that sounds fun.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go do it.
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  Speaker 1: And so their date that had been really awkward suddenly
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  Speaker 1: became really exciting, and the two of them were kind
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  Speaker 1: of like thrilled, like, wow, look at us making our
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  Speaker 1: way up for a nighttime hike through Provo Canyon. And
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  Speaker 1: so they arrive at the mouth of this canyon and
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  Speaker 1: they're both obviously excited, and they hop out and start
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  Speaker 1: walking up this trail that brings them into a heavily
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  Speaker 1: forested section of the canyon. Now, to this point, the
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  Speaker 1: guy felt like this was a really great idea. He
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  Speaker 1: really had gone hiking here a bunch, and he really did.
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  Speaker 2: Know the area well.
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  Speaker 1: But as the trail brought them into the forested area,
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  Speaker 1: the guy remembers feeling this overwhelming.
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  Speaker 2: Sense of dread. He didn't know why.
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  Speaker 1: It was just like an overwhelming sense of anxiety that
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  Speaker 1: something bad was going to happen to them. But he
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  Speaker 1: had worked so hard to convince his date to come
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  Speaker 1: with him, and had convinced her it was safe that
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  Speaker 1: he's not about to let on to her that there
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  Speaker 1: was anything wrong with what they were doing, and so
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  Speaker 1: he put on his strong face and just kind of
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  Speaker 1: suppressed it and just kept on walking and you know,
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  Speaker 1: holding her hand tight, and they just continued their walk,
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  Speaker 1: but his sense of dread would just build and build
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  Speaker 1: to the point.
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  Speaker 2: Where he was really on edge.
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  Speaker 1: And what he didn't know but would find out later,
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  Speaker 1: is that his date, the woman, she also had this
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  Speaker 1: horrible sense of dread as soon as they went into
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  Speaker 1: the forest, but she didn't want to tell him because
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  Speaker 1: she didn't want to see him like a party pooper,
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  Speaker 1: because he seemed really excited about it. At some point,
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  Speaker 1: as they're walking down this path, the man steps on
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  Speaker 1: something that felt soft. He didn't know what it was,
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  Speaker 1: but it caused him to freeze immediately and he's holding
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  Speaker 1: her hand.
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  Speaker 2: It kind of jerks her to get her to stop.
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  Speaker 2: And before he can even look down.
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  Speaker 1: And see what he's standing on, he hears rustling coming
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  Speaker 1: from the bushes just off the trail. She hears it too,
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  Speaker 1: and both of them without saying a word to each other,
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  Speaker 1: because again you got to remember, they're both really stressed.
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  Speaker 1: They haven't led on to the other how stressed they are.
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  Speaker 1: But they're both basically ready to leave, and so the
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  Speaker 1: two of them turn around and they high tail it
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  Speaker 1: out of there. He has no idea what he stepped on.
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  Speaker 1: They don't know what they heard in the bushes, but
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  Speaker 1: they don't care. The anxiety was so high they just
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  Speaker 1: wanted to leave. Years later, that man and woman who
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  Speaker 1: had this very strange date would actually be married, and
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  Speaker 1: they'd be sitting down watching TV together and they're flipping
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  Speaker 1: through the channels and they land on an interview with
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  Speaker 1: a death row inmate, and the interviewer is asking the inmate,
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  Speaker 1: was there ever a time that you were almost red handed?
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  Speaker 1: And the guy being interviewed says, yes, one time I
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  Speaker 1: was in the forest up in Provo Canyon one night
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  Speaker 1: and a young couple came walking up the trail. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't see him, so I only had a chance to
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  Speaker 1: jump into the bushes right next to the trail, and
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  Speaker 1: the guy actually stepped on the body of a girl
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  Speaker 1: I had just killed. But for some reason, he didn't
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  Speaker 1: look down and see what he was standing on, and
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  Speaker 1: the two of them didn't notice me just a few.
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  Speaker 2: Feet away from them. They just turned around and walked away.
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  Speaker 1: Turns out that young couple had run into one of
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  Speaker 1: the worst serial killers of all time, Ted Bundy.
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  Speaker 2: Before Bundy was executed.
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  Speaker 1: He confessed to over thirty murders, but many people believe
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  Speaker 1: the true number of victims is much much much higher.
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