MANHUNT: Christopher Wilder - The Beauty Queen Killer

About this episode

The episode discusses Christopher Wilder, a serial killer who terrorized the American highway system in the 1980s and explores his potential connection to the 1965 Wanda Beach murders in Australia.

In 1984, Christopher Wilder turned the American highway system into a hunting ground, embarking on a nationwide cross-country crime spree that left a trail of victims in his wake. But his story started long before that, on a different continent. Could this prolific American predator also be the man responsible for the notorious 1965 Wanda Beach murders in Australia? Thank you 7 News, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Miami News, The Auburn Journal, Ann Arbor News, murderpedia.org, thecinemaholic.com and Wikipedia for information contributing to today’s story. Written by Frederick Crook - check out our other collaboration WRAITHWORKS - Wraithworks at Amazon https://www.amzn.com/dp/B07HXNCW4L (audiobook narrated by John Lordan) Also avaible on iTunes: https://apple.co/2OFXb8L Do you have any comments, or a case you’d like to suggest? You’ll find a comment form and case submission link at LordanArts.com . This is not intended to act as a means of proving or disproving anything related to the investigation. It is a conversation about the current known facts and theories being discussed. Everyone directly or indirectly referred to is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law…

People in this episode

Host: John Lordan

Topics covered

• true crime
• missing persons
• unsolved murders
• historical crime
• serial killers
• crime spree

Keywords

• Christopher Wilder
• Beauty Queen Killer
• Wanda Beach murders
• true crime
• 1984
• serial killer
• crime spree
• Australia
• unsolved murders

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 7 News, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Miami News, The Auburn Journal, Ann Arbor News, murderpedia.org, thecinemaholic.com, Wikipedia, LordanArts

Books & works: WRAITHWORKS

Places: Australia

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