Ep. 271 — The Chinese “Jack the Ripper”

About this episode

The episode discusses a series of murders in Baiyin, China, and how genetic genealogy helped solve the case.

Send us Fan Mail Over 14 years, a depraved madman preyed on the women of Baiyin, China. After 11 murders, the killer suddenly stopped, and investigators feared that they’d never find him. But science is always advancing, and genetic genealogy would break the case wide open. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The ODDentity Podcast — https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod Episode Source List: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Crime-...

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Host: Danielle Blinka

Topics covered

• true crime
• genetic genealogy
• unsolved murders
• investigation
• serial killer

Keywords

• Chinese Jack the Ripper
• Baiyin
• murders
• genetic genealogy
• true crime

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Places: Baiyin, China

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