"Mall Santa" Bruce McArthur Pt. 1

For nearly twenty years, a charming con man poses as a globe-trotting CIA operative, seducing women and draining their savings in the name of “classified missions”—until one wife uncovers his lies and helps bring down the man she thought she would share her life with. Sources for ...  Show more

The wife of the “sausage king of Chicago” disappears without a trace…until police search a suspicious vat in the basement of his factory, fueling rumors of exactly how he got rid of her. Sources for this episode include:Alchemy of Bones: Chicago's Luetgert Murder Case of 1897 by ...  Show more

Bruce McArthur is a grandfather who worked as a landscaper and a mall Santa in the off-season. For nearly eight years, McArthur lived a secret life as a serial killer, primarily targeting men in The Gay Village, an LGBTQ+-friendly area of Toronto.Join Mike and Gibby as they discu ...  Show more

Bruce McArthur is a grandfather who worked as a landscaper and a mall Santa in the off-season. For nearly eight years, McArthur lived a secret life as a serial killer, primarily targeting men in The Gay Village, an LGBTQ+-friendly area of Toronto.Join Mike and Gibby as they discu ...  Show more

Here is the story of Bruce McArthur, a gay man who grew up in a time when being homosexual was wholly frowned upon. He married a woman and had two children, then finally gave into his urges and became a serial killer.

Elissa Kerrill

Serial Killing : A Podcast

For years, the LGBTQ+ community in Toronto, Canada worried there was a serial killer targeting men in the city’s Church and Wellesley neighborhood. Police disagreed and downplayed their concerns -- and all the while, more men vanished into thin air. But the truth, when it was ...