113. Calm Menace: The Face of Ordinary Evil

Behind the calm voice and polite demeanor was something truly sinister. In the 1970s, a towering figure roamed the California coast, hiding monstrous urges behind an ordinary exterior. He charmed, he manipulated, and he killed his victims as proxies in a twisted war with the one woman who haunted his life the most...his mother. Macabrium is part of the Southern Gothic Media Network and is Hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown with writing and research by Chloe Kibbe. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube: @macabriumpod or learn more at www.macabriumpod.com Further reading for this episode: The Co-Ed Killer: A Study of Murder in the 1970s – Margaret CheneySerial Murderers and Their Victims – Eric W. HickeyMindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit – John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker The Twisted Tale of "The Co-ed Killer" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices