Serial Killers: The True Crime Podcast - Cops Who Became Serial Killers

About this episode

The episode explores how law enforcement insiders exploited their positions to commit crimes while evading detection.

Emily Carter explores how law enforcement insiders like Gerard Schaefer, Joseph James DeAngelo, Mikhail Popkov, and David Alan Gore exploited their badges to commit horrific crimes while evading detection for decades. The episode examines systemic failures in police oversight and forensics that allowed these predators to thrive. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

People in this episode

Host: Emily Carter

Topics covered

• law enforcement
• serial killers
• police oversight
• forensics
• systemic failures

Keywords

• serial killers
• law enforcement
• police
• forensics
• crime
• systemic failures
• homicide

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