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Sony Music Entertainment
Smoke Screen
My Friend, the Serial Killer The Binge
In the 1970s, Steve Fishman was an intern at his local newspaper, when one day he hitched a ride back from Boston with Robert Carr III, better known as “Red.” Red seemed trustworthy enough, but he was hiding a secret: by the time he had picked up Steve, he had already killed three people—and all of his prior victims were hitchhikers themselves. This chilling car ride was the first time Steve would meet the man he came to call “Red”, but it wasn’t the last...Join Steve Fishman himself as un unravels and recounts this harrowing tale that is equally terrifying as it is fascinating, uncovering...
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Ratings & Reviews
3.5 stars from 29 ratings
Dirty tricks
They give you 2 episodes for free to hook you, then put the rest behind a paywall. I won’t even bother listening to any of it now. Not even to see if it’s worth it. I’m happy to support podcasters, but tricks like this have me running for the door. Either give people the whole series for free or...Read full review »
Jo D38 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 10/28/24
Just BAD!
I can’t think of anything I’d consider good about this podcast. The writer uses the excuse of being young in the beginning but I didn’t understand his excuse for the rest. The gross details he put the killers daughter through. That Poor woman! Nobody felt any sympathy for her. But boy, everyone...Read full review »
StinaMasFina via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/14/24
Exploitative, re-traumatizing
I’ve enjoyed most of the podcasts on The Binge and assumed this would’ve been the same. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I can understand a young journalist making mistakes. But decades later, that same journalist sits with men who describe that same serial killer as “a great guy to talk to”...Read full review »
Nina the slackmistress via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/05/24
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