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This transcript recounts the disturbing criminal history of Robert Hansen, an Alaskan serial killer notoriously known as the Butcher Baker. Operating under the guise of a mild-mannered baker and family man, Hansen exploited the vast wilderness of the last frontier to abduct, assault, and systematically hunt women like game animals. The episode details the investigative breakthroughs led by the Alaska State Troopers and FBI profilers, who eventually linked Hansen’s aviation maps and ballistics to multiple victims. Despite an early arrest in 1971, judicial leniency allowed him to continue his spree for another decade until his final capture in 1983. Ultimately, Hansen confessed to murdering 17 women, revealing a legacy of violence that remains one of the most prolific in American history.



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