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EP174: Felonious Fangirl

Please SUBSCRIBE to Psychopedia wherever you are listening!Follow Investigator Slater on Instagram + TikTok: @investigatorslater  Join our Patreon family! (www.Patreon.com/PsychopediaPod [http://www.patreon.com/PsychopediaPod]) On Patreon, you get AD FREE episodes, exclusive true crime content, behind-the-scenes pics/vids, private group chats, and much more!  On May 1, 2021, 19-year-old Sarah M. stabbed 39-year-old Zayed in the neck after pretending to be on a date with him. Sarah had joined dating apps under the name “Domina Cherry,” using the alias to gain access to hundreds of men she planned to murder in an effort to become the most prolific serial killer to ever live. Reportedly obsessed with notorious murderers, including Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, and Richard Ramirez, Sarah aspired to match their depravity and notoriety. This case forces us to confront something uncomfortable - because there is a clear and crucial difference between studying killers to understand them, and idolizing them to the point of wanting to become one. True crime asks us to look darkness in the face...while Sarah took notes on how to replicate it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

EP173: Serial Killer Bobby Joe Long: The Hillsborough Strangler

Please SUBSCRIBE to Psychopedia wherever you are listening!Follow Investigator Slater on Instagram + TikTok: @investigatorslater  Join our Patreon family! (www.Patreon.com/PsychopediaPod [http://www.patreon.com/PsychopediaPod]) On Patreon, you get AD FREE episodes, exclusive true crime content, behind-the-scenes pics/vids, private group chats, and much more!  In the mid-1980s, the streets of Tampa, Florida became hunting grounds for one of the most ruthless predators in the state’s history: Bobby Joe Long, also known as the Hillsborough Strangler and the Classified Ad Rapist.  Between 1984 and 1985, Bobby abducted innocent women and dragged them from dimly lit roadsides into a nightmare that ended with sexual assault, torture, and typically strangulation. By the time investigators finally closed in, Bobby had murdered at least ten women and assaulted many more.  In this episode, we explore Bobby’s childhood, his complicated relationship with his mother, and the twisted path that led him from a troubled boy to the man who terrorized Tampa. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

EP172: Cut from the Womb

Please SUBSCRIBE to Psychopedia wherever you are listening!  On November 25th, 2025, the body of twenty-two year old Rebecca Park was discovered in Michigan's Manistee National Forest. When Becca vanished three weeks earlier, she was full-term pregnant. When her remains were found, the baby was gone. Becca's eviscerated body made it clear that someone had cut the baby from her womb at or around the time of her death - deliberately, methodically, and with intent.  The details of what happened to beautiful Becca Park are disturbing in a way that is difficult to prepare you for. This was not a crime of passion, nor was it random.  This was calculated, premeditated, and carried out by the last person/people Becca ever would ever suspected... Follow Investigator Slater on Instagram + TikTok: @investigatorslater  Join our Patreon family! (www.Patreon.com/PsychopediaPod [http://www.patreon.com/PsychopediaPod]) On Patreon, you get AD FREE episodes, Girl On Gore Season 2 episodes releasing soon, merch discounts, exclusive content, extra true crime cases, pop quizzes, behind-the-scenes pics/vids, private group chats, and much more!  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

EP171: Cannibal Poet

Please SUBSCRIBE to Psychopedia wherever you are listening!   He fancied himself a poet, but in reality, was a murderous cannibal. José Luis Calva Zepeda, dubbed the Cannibal Poet, murdered at least one woman in 2007 - his girlfriend, Alejandra Galeana - and dismembered her body inside his home. When police entered his Mexico City apartment, they discovered body parts stored in plastic bags and human meat simmering on the stove.  Further investigation linked him to additional murders of even more women, marked by extreme violence and post-mortem dismemberment. The horror of the Cannibal Poet lies not just in the cannibalism, but in the psychology: a man who romanticized himself as a tortured intellectual while reducing women to consumable objects...literally. Follow Investigator Slater on Instagram + TikTok: @investigatorslater  Join our Patreon family! (www.Patreon.com/PsychopediaPod [http://www.patreon.com/PsychopediaPod]) On Patreon, you get AD FREE episodes, Girl On Gore Season 2 episodes releasing soon, merch discounts, exclusive content, extra true crime cases, pop quizzes, behind-the-scenes pics/vids, private group chats, and much more!  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

EP170: Kentucky Vampire Clan

Please SUBSCRIBE to Psychopedia wherever you are listening!    Follow Investigator Slater on Instagram + TikTok: @investigatorslater  Join our Patreon family! (www.Patreon.com/PsychopediaPod [http://www.patreon.com/PsychopediaPod]) On Patreon, you get AD FREE episodes, Girl On Gore Season 2 episodes releasing soon, merch discounts, exclusive content, extra true crime cases, pop quizzes, behind-the-scenes pics/vids, private group chats, and much more!  On November 25, 1996, Richard and Ruth Wendorf were bludgeoned to death in their own home by a 16-year-old boy named Rod Ferrell, who believed he was a 500-year-old vampire.  Rod was the self-appointed leader of a so-called "vampire clan" in Murray, Kentucky, a loosely organized group of socially isolated teenagers bound by shared fantasy and ritualized blood drinking. To the outside world, it looked like teenage rebellion with fangs; but strip away the mythology and costumes, and what remained was far more disturbing than any supernatural story. This was a group of malleable kids desperate for acceptance, drawn into the orbit of a deeply damaged boy who understood exactly how to exploit their need to belong.  In the end, this isn’t a story about vampires - it’s a story about what happens when young people searching for family find a cult instead...and when shared delusion hardens into shared violence.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]