32 min
Episode 4: “The Prophet and The Butcher” Sacred + Profane: Origins
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- True Crime
As Herbert Mullin (“The Prophet” claiming his killings prevented earthquakes), and Ed Kemper (who earned the moniker “The Butcher” or the “Co-Ed Butcher”) continue their serial killing sprees, this reign of terror marks a dark and fearful time in Santa Cruz. By the end of 1972, Kemper and Mullin had the blood of three victims each on their hands, committed in a city haunted by a history of explainable and unexplainable tragedies which are illuminated from a supernatural perspective. And spirit medium Jennifer Lyn begins tells for the first time in public of her ordeal as a 7-year-old child kidnapped by a killer.
As Herbert Mullin (“The Prophet” claiming his killings prevented earthquakes), and Ed Kemper (who earned the moniker “The Butcher” or the “Co-Ed Butcher”) continue their serial killing sprees, this reign of terror marks a dark and fearful time in Santa Cruz. By the end of 1972, Kemper and Mullin had the blood of three victims each on their hands, committed in a city haunted by a history of explainable and unexplainable tragedies which are illuminated from a supernatural perspective. And spirit medium Jennifer Lyn begins tells for the first time in public of her ordeal as a 7-year-old child kidnapped by a killer.
32 min