S5 Ep3: Keith Jesperson, the Happy Face Killer

In March 1995, the body of 41-year-old Julie Winningham was found just off Highway 14 in Washington State, strangled to death. Julie had become the eighth victim of an active serial killer named Keith Jesperson. The 39-year-old truck driver had been slaughtering women across America for the past five years. He would go on to capture national intrigue when he confessed to five murders in an anonymous letter he sent to a newspaper, signed with a smile. This episode is sponsored by: Badlands Original music by Ben Krejci , Lee Rosevere , Kai Engel , and Daniel Birch . Additional music provided by Epidemic Sound . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License .

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S5 Ep3: Keith Jesperson, the Happy Face Killer is an episode from What Makes a Killer by Audioboom.

This episode is 42:59 long.

This episode was published on Aug 17, 2023.

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