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True Crime Garage /// MindHunter Deep Dive

September 15, 2025 / 00:54

This episode discusses the challenges of investigating serial killers in Santa Cruz, California, focusing on the complexities of multiple active cases.

Key discussions include the presence of three serial killers operating simultaneously in the Santa Cruz area, which created confusion for law enforcement. The conversation highlights the evolving understanding of criminal behavior during that time.

Guests share insights on the unreliable narratives provided by serial killers, emphasizing the difficulty in discerning truth from deception in their stories.

TLDR

Investigating three serial killers in Santa Cruz posed unique challenges for law enforcement.

Episode

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This was some of the difficulty with apprehending somebody like Keer or really the investigation
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at large because here we have in this Santa Cruz area you actually in that general area you actually had three
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active serial killers who were operating very differently all at the same time which this is a new kind of criminal or
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at least the understanding of this kind of criminal was very new at the time. So
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you can imagine how difficult and confusing that made things for police in that area of California.
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>> Yeah. Some of these killers tell these crazy stories or give crazy reasons why they commit these crimes and it's
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just hard to believe anything that they say because we know that they're killers.
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>> Yeah. And most of them are liars as well. This is this is one individual.

Episode Highlights

  • The Complexity of Serial Killers
    In Santa Cruz, three active serial killers operated simultaneously, complicating police investigations.
    “This is a new kind of criminal or at least the understanding was very new.”
    @ 00m 19s
    September 15, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • Some of these killers tell crazy stories.
    True Crime Garage /// MindHunter Deep Dive
  • It's hard to believe anything they say because we know they're killers.
    True Crime Garage /// MindHunter Deep Dive
  • Most of them are liars as well.
    True Crime Garage /// MindHunter Deep Dive

Key Moments

  • Multiple Killers00:14
  • Confusion for Police00:30
  • Bizarre Justifications00:36
  • Deceptive Narratives00:50