Today we bring you one of the most bizarre and gruesome tales from the heyday of American crime, a devil-worshipping cult of cannibalistic, necrophiliac serial killers, like something from a nightmare or horror movie, who roamed the streets of Chicago in a death van snatching completely random victims.

Prepare yourselves for the story of the horrible, cold-blooded and terrifying, Robin Gecht and his Chicago Ripper Crew.

Listener discretion is advised.

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RESOURCES:

DEADLY THRILLS: The True Story of Chicago’s Most Shocking Killers by Jaye Slade Fletcher. Penguin Books, September 1995. ISBN: 0451406257 ISBN13: 9780451406255

Chicago Ripper Crew by Stephen Dietrich-Kolokouris. Vril Haus June 1, 2025. ASIN: B0FDN69F1H

Robin Gecht addressing the rumor that he worked for John Wayne Gacy in an excerpt of this 2014 letter : r/serialkillers

All Things Interesting November 14, 2017 by Katie Serena The Satanic, Cannibalistic Rituals Of The Chicago Ripper Crew

Ripper Crew - Wikipedia

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