The Chicago Ripper Crew

In 2014, 33-year-old Roxanne Houston was trying to build a new life in the rugged outskirts of Taos, New Mexico. Known for her compassion and intelligence, Roxanne had become part of the local community while hoping to eventually return to Colorado and reunite with her children. ...  Show more

In March 2011, 30-year-old Jayna Murray was found brutally murdered inside the Lululemon store where she worked in Bethesda, Maryland. A coworker was discovered bound and injured nearby and told police that two masked men had entered the store, attacked them, and left Jayna dead. ...  Show more

In the early 1980s, the Chicago suburbs became the hunting grounds for the Chicago Rippers, a sadistic group led by Robin Gecht, whose twisted rituals of mutilation and murder left at least 17 women dead. The gang's youngest victim, 21-year-old Lorraine Borowski, vanished on her ...  Show more

In the early 1980s, Satanist Robin Gecht and his three followers terrorized the women of Chicago. They attacked, maimed, and tortured at least five victims in an attempt to summon a demon known as "The Dark One." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice ...  Show more

It was the 1970s, and young men who had their whole lives in front of them started going missing around the greater Chicago area. While some disappeared while looking for a job in the city, or hanging out near the Greyhound bus station, or walking along the roads outside of Chica ...  Show more

It was the height of the 1970s and dozens of young men from the Chicago area started going missing. 33 young men, to be exact. By 1978, 29 of the 33 missing young men would be found, dead, in the small home on Summerdale Avenue in the Chicago suburbs. Some were buried in the back ...  Show more