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EP134: The Serial Killer Next Door: Joel Rifkin (Part 1)

EP134: The Serial Killer Next Door: Joel Rifkin (Part 1)

Psychopedia

July 16, 20251h 9mExplicit

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Inspired by Gary Ridgway and Ted Bundy, serial killer Joel Rifkin modeled his victimology and body disposable methods like a grotesque homage: limbs in cement, heads in paint cans, bodies dumped with calculated precision. For four years in the late 1980s/early 90s, while living with his mother in the heart of suburban Long Island, NY, Joel Rifkin hunted women on the margins. Joel, a bullied outcast with a high IQ and a severely damaged frontal lobe, didn’t explode overnight. He eroded.

First came the fantasies. Then came the reality of 17 victims whom he strangled and dismembered with an X-Acto knife. Joel blended in — just another quiet man with a sedan, a part time job, and a taste for sadism. This wasn’t some obvious "monster" lurking in the shadows. This was a depraved serial killer next door, hiding in plain sight, mowing the same lawns your kids play on. Welcome to Part 1 of New York’s most known prolific killer: Joel Rifkin, aka Joel The Ripper.

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