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Podcast: Timesuck with Dan Cummins
Episode: 281 - Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer
Description: Arthur Shawcross was born on June 6th, 1945 in Kittery, Maine and he would grow up to terrorize the people of Watertown and Rochester, both in New York. Family, neighbors, schoolmates, and anyone else who met him knew he was "different" from an early age. He said odd things, he reacted unnaturally to various situations, he talked to himself, he didn't understand tone, sarcasm, irony, etc. And he was angry. And he was scary when he was angry. Soon, he was torturing and killing small animals and terrifying children and adults alike. He was setting fires, drilling holes in walls t...