The Devil Tree

Episode 8 of the Crime Candy podcast, hosted by Anonymous, titled "The Devil Tree" was published on August 29, 2021 and runs 31 minutes.

August 29, 2021 ·31m · Crime Candy

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Summary

Found in Port St. Lucie, the Devil Tree is a big oak in a county park on canal C-24. A mighty oak, an ordinary tree, nothing to write home about…except the fact that thing might as well growl and snatch up little old ladies and unsuspecting kids and gobble them up like a throwback from a Grimm Fairy tale. The Devil Tree has an evil, macabre, and incredibly blood-soaked reputation; one that’s entwined with Florida history and its amazing capacity to attract the worse of the worse that humanity has to offer. Sources Gerard John Schaefer - Wikipedia The Devil Tree – Florida’s First Serial Killer & The Hauntings He Left - Miami Haunts CRIME HUNTER: How 'damn weird' Florida cop became a serial killer | Toronto Sun UNTANGLING TORTURED WEB OF A KILLER - Sun Sentinel (sun-sentinel.com) Gerard Schaefer Jr.’s horrifying 'Killer Fiction' stories could have been filed on memoir shelf - New York Daily News (nydailynews.com) Gerard Schaefer: Serial Killer Cop | by DeLani R. Bartlette | Lessons from History | Medium Gerard Schaefer | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers The Sexual Sadist | Officer

Episode Description

Found in Port St. Lucie, the Devil Tree is a big oak in a county park on canal C-24. A mighty oak, an ordinary tree, nothing to write home about…except the fact that thing might as well growl and snatch up little old ladies and unsuspecting kids and gobble them up like a throwback from a Grimm Fairy tale. The Devil Tree has an evil, macabre, and incredibly blood-soaked reputation; one that’s entwined with Florida history and its amazing capacity to attract the worse of the worse that humanity has to offer.

Sources

Gerard John Schaefer - Wikipedia

The Devil Tree – Florida’s First Serial Killer & The Hauntings He Left - Miami Haunts

CRIME HUNTER: How 'damn weird' Florida cop became a serial killer | Toronto Sun

UNTANGLING TORTURED WEB OF A KILLER - Sun Sentinel (sun-sentinel.com)

Gerard Schaefer Jr.’s horrifying 'Killer Fiction' stories could have been filed on memoir shelf - New York Daily News (nydailynews.com)

Gerard Schaefer: Serial Killer Cop | by DeLani R. Bartlette | Lessons from History | Medium

Gerard Schaefer | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

The Sexual Sadist | Officer

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