In this week’s episode, we cover the case of Robert Berdella, who claims the movie The Collector inspired him to torture and murder his victims. Then we move into Greek mythology for the tale of another torturer and murder, Procrustes.
0:21 – Quote – Carl Jung
0:46 - Cold Open – Collections
1:37 - Murder – Robert Berdella
21:22 - Myth – Procrustes the Stretcher
29:08 – Promo – Hoax Podcast (
https://unresolved.me/hoax)
30:32 - Reaction Segment – We discuss phone neighbors, what people collect, Robert Berdella, Zac Bagans' Haunted Museum, awful eye torture, the affect on these crimes on other people, how well the murder & myth matched up this time, Grecian sleep number ads and comfy beds, why Kristin picked Thor’s Journey to Geirrod’s as the story for a Tale of Two Thor’s and our honorary swag bag winner, and of course, birds.
Music Credits:
Murder & Myths theme music created by Castro Vania
Intro and background music:
Music from
https://filmmusic.io
"Oppressive Gloom” "Drone in D” and “Lost Time" by Kevin MacLeod (
https://incompetech.com) (Edited by Kristin)
License: CC BY (
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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https://www.murderandmyths.com/)
In this week’s episode, we cover the case of Robert Berdella, who claims the movie The Collector inspired him to torture and murder his victims. Then we move into Greek mythology for the tale of another torturer and murder, Procrustes.
0:21 – Quote – Carl Jung0:46 - Cold Open – Collections1:37 - Murder – Robert Berdella 21:22 - Myth – Procrustes the Stretcher29:08 – Promo –
Hoax Podcast30:32 - Reaction Segment – We discuss phone neighbors, what people collect, Robert Berdella, Zac Bagans' Haunted Museum, awful eye torture, the affect on these crimes on other people, how well the murder & myth matched up this time, Grecian sleep number ads and comfy beds, why Kristin picked Thor’s Journey to Geirrod’s as the story for a Tale of Two Thor’s and our honorary swag bag winner, and of course, birds.
Music Credits:Murder & Myths theme music created by Castro Vania