Episode Details

Welcome back to Season 6! For the first episode, Kat delves into a big story; the story of one of America's most sadistic (and unknown!) criminals: Mike DeBardeleben, from counterfeiting and kidnapping to domestic violence and murder. This story is WILD.

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References:

1. THE BOOK: https://www.audible.com/pd/Beyond-Cruel-Audiobook/1705200028
2. THE DOCUMENTARY: https://tubitv.com/movies/320033/cruel-deception
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DeBardeleben
4. https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/debardeleben/index_1.html
5. https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_DeBardeleben
6. https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/debardeleben-james.htm
7. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/823/549/221393/
8. https://authorlink.com/news-and-views/news/sex-criminal-debardeleben-dies-book-chronicles-his-crimes-2/
9. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/07/09/a-trail-of-murder-rape-kidnaping/fdb431cc-ad09-4dd2-838f-d5028bf26793/
10. https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/10do11q/rare_pictures_of_james_mike_debardeleben_ii_one/#

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