Tapes Unwound

As more dead victims are discovered, the investigators are challenged by the possibility that there may be a serial killer prowling the city's streets.       Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Lights Out - Myuu

As another set of murders is underway, Shawcross tries his best to not kill off the rampage prematurely and makes it a part of his game to be more evasive this time around. It appears to work, as however little effort he puts in, seems to be enough to throw the law enforcement off his tracks.        Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Edge of Life - Myuu

Upon being released, it didn't take long for Arthur John Shawcross to be overcome by an intense urge to kill again. Despite having spent years in confinement, the killer proved to be ill-prepared to resist that violent impulse. This episode follows the events that unfolded following that murder.      Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Edge of Life - Myuu

We will look at what happens after Arthur Shawcross, a convicted child killer, is given another opportunity to roam the streets under a cloak of anonymity.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Lights Out - Myuu

A look at Arthur Shawcross' time in prison and the evolving attempts to trick the correctional system.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Identity Crisis - Myuu

Arthur Shawcross continues his reign of terror over the small Watertown community.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Don't Die on Me - Myuu

In this part of the case we take a look at how Arthur Shawcross' violent behaviour escalates even further, and leads to a disappearance that grips the small city of Watertown.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Don't Die on Me - Myuu

This part addresses Arthur Shawcross' stories of wartime experiences, and the criminal acts that were allegedly brought on by them.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Lights Out - Myuu

This episode looks at how Shawcross' lawlessness begins getting out of hand, before he eventually gets drafted in to the army, and it is put on a temporary hold.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Hold On - Myuu

Part two takes a detailed look at Arthur Shawcross' adolescent years, as well as some of the abnormal and vicious actions that marked them.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Hold On - Myuu

The first of many episodes on the Genesee River Killer case opens up by closely tracing back to the notable childhood experiences which underlined a growing disconnect in emotion, and surging tendency for violence.      Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Identity Crisis - Myuu

The case of the Shoe Fetish Slayer concludes with an unexpected twist as another person is suspiciously charged with aiding Brudos in a killing.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu On the Chain - Myuu

This part of the case will look at the discovery of the bodies in the Long Tom River, and the new avenues of investigation it opened up to the detectives.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Deadly Sorrow - Myuu

This episode discusses how Jerry Brudos, through the commission of his second murder, initiates a pattern of serial killings which allow him to regain the gratification experienced during and after the initial homicide.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Collapse - Myuu

This episode discusses how Jerome Brudos becomes submerged in his fantasies, crossing over the threshold of violence by comtting his first opportunistic murder.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Bad Encounter - Myuu

Part one of the series on the Shoe Fetish Slayer, will peer into the major events that took place during Jerry Brudos' childhood, and how they gradually shifted his interests in the later years, awakening a thirst for violence.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Spirit of the Dead - Aakash Gandhi

The closing episode on the toolbox killers case, covers the trial and conviction of the murderous duo, along with the effects their heinous acts had in the years that followed.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu For We Are Many - Cooper Cannell

This episode looks at the Toolbox Killers' unsuccessful attempts at capturing potential victims, and how their urges run uninhibited, driven by impulsivity, as they side track from their modus operandi. That same impetuous behaviour leads to their identification and arrest.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Underworld - Myuu Horror House - Aaron Kenny

This episode discusses how the duo's premeditation escalates into the execution of their murderous plans. Then, examines their sadistic motivations and paraphilias, while aiming to explain the possible biological, psychological and environmental dispositions, that may have led to their ever increasing severity of sadistically homicidal behaviour.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu Down - Joey Pecoraro

The opening episode of the Tapes Unwound Podcast will peer into the infamous case of The Toolbox Killers. Part one takes a glance at their upbringing and early childhood stressors. In addition, an attempt will be made to figure out how influences stemming from these factors may have predisposed them to juvenile delinquency and future antisocial, violent behaviours.     Music Credits: Hangin' with the Worms - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions Lurking Shadows - Myuu