A Few Centimeters from the Killer: Five Impossible Encounters - The real encounters between civilians and serial killers A photograph taken at a prom in Ohio, 1978. Bridget Guyger smiles next to an unknown boy. Three days later, that boy kills his first victim. Thirteen years later, Bridget reads his name in the newspapers. The question that haunts her: how many people were just centimeters away from a predator without knowing it? In this episode, we explore five stories of impossible encounters: the photograph of Jeffrey Dahmer with Bridget before his 13 years of homicides, the critical failure when police return a living victim to her apartment, and Paul Stefani, the Voice of the Crying Woman Killer, convicted without direct forensic evidence through voice identification. Three unresolved stories: the disappearance of Misty Tasker on a Florida highway, a Tinder ambush that ended in a van equipped with weapons and chains, and two women who detected a smell of death in a cemetery while the killer was pursuing them. What separates a survivor from a victim? Victim: Bridget Guyger, Jeffrey Dahmer (1978 encounter); Tracy Edwards, Misty Tasker, Derek (police), Rachel, Molly, Karen Potac, Kimberly Compton, Barbara Simons, Paul Stefani Date: 1978-2018 Location: Ohio, Milwaukee, Live Oak (Florida), Colorado, Twin Cities, cemetery (unspecified) Status: Dahmer sentenced to life imprisonment, murdered in prison 1994; Stefani sentenced to 58 years, died of terminal cancer after confessing to an additional crime - Bridget Guyger attended prom with Jeffrey Dahmer in 1978; photograph taken that night, days before his first murder - Police returned a young victim with a perforated skull to Dahmer's apartment without knowing the danger; she died immediately - Paul Stefani was sentenced to 58 years without direct physical evidence, only through voice identification from 911 calls and waitress identification - Van in Colorado contained knives, saws, rifles, chains, handcuffs, and flammable liquid; suspects were never captured Bridget Guyger, Jeffrey Dahmer, Tracy Edwards, Misty Tasker, Derek, Rachel, Molly, Karen Potac, Kimberly Compton, Barbara Simons, Paul Stefani, serial killer, forensic, investigation, homicide, mystery, imperfect crimes, true crime Spanish To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases. Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived. We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered. From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault. © 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie This episode includes AI-generated content.
