33: The Internet's First Serial Killer - John Edward Robinson part 1

When the letter began with the sentence, 'Well, I'm off on an adventure of a lifetime', Carolyn was sure that her daughter had not written the letter."

In early June 2000, law enforcement investigators performed a search warrant in connection with a missing woman on the 16-acre farm of a business owner and grandfather near Kansas City, KS. Cadaver dogs alerted them to a spot where two metal barrels stood. The horrific scene inside would unravel a man’s two-decades-long web of deceit.

Content Warnings: Serial Homicide, BDSM, Infant Abduction

Key Themes: Serial Killers, Sexual Predators, Internet Schemes, Fraud

Research for Episode 33 includes:

⁠⁠https://abcnews.go.com/US/dangerous-truth-serial-killer-con-man-john-robinson/story?id=65855274⁠⁠

⁠⁠https://abcnews.go.com/US/15-years-uncle-john-learned-serial-killer-murdered/story?id=65958840⁠⁠

⁠⁠https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ks-supreme-court/1717900.html⁠⁠

⁠⁠https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/the-internets-first-serial-killer-john-edward-robinson-the-internet-slavemaster⁠⁠

⁠⁠https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556001/⁠⁠

⁠⁠https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14060723⁠⁠