Shadowy figures lurking down an ally way, uncomfortable encounters with a random stranger but possibly the most terrifying is the inconspicuous neighbor who would do anything to help a friend. The darkness in humanity knows no boundaries. Welcome fellow travelers to the Gayest Sanctorum this is the Order of the Midnight Roller Podcast. We are your guides, Jamison, and Scully. And join us as we tiptoe through the thought twisting tunnels of the minds of Sadistic Serial Killers
Kendall Francois (Poughkeepsie, NY) October 1996-August 1998 8 confirmed murders. An ex-Army vet and school Aid, janitor, and hall monitor for Arlington Middle school in Poughkeepsie, NY. He abducted 8 women and brought them back to where they had intercourse and then he would kill them, bathe them, and put his victims in garbage bags in his attic. After some time and many abductions, the smell came from the shabby home only a mile from the affluent Vassar College area. He was only caught when a victim escaped and ran into the investigating detectives as Kendall drove up. They questioned the girl about what had happened who stated it was Francois who assaulted her. The two detectives then went to the house where he Francois lived and asked him if he would come to headquarters and after several hours Francois confessed to many years of abductions and murder. After being convicted and sentenced he died of complications from HIV.
H.H. Holmes/ Herman Webster Mudgett/Dr. Henry Howard Holmes (Chicago, Ill) 27 confirmed murders upwards of 200 assumed murder He killed his victims in a self-proclaimed “murder castle”. He began building the hotel in 1887. The building was supposed to be a hotel during the “World’s Columbian Exposition”. There were soundproof rooms, hallways that lead nowhere, Chutes and ladders that lead to basements where he had acid baths and quick lime and crematorium to dispose of the bodies. Police only found this after having to go inspect the building when it was found the hotel was not in code. They found a surgical table and tools used to dissect bodies to sell organs on the black market. Holmes had supposedly murdered almost 300 people but was only convicted of killing his business partner after a botched insurance con. At the end of his life and after being convicted and sentenced to death he claimed that he was possessed by the devil. On the day of his hanging the “Murder Castle” was mysteriously burnt down. Later it was renovated into a Post Office until 1938.
La Bestia: Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos was born on Jan 25, 1957, in Columbia. Has admitted to rape, torture, and murder of 138 teenagers and boys between ‘92 and ‘99. In his younger years, it is reported that his mother was a prostitute and his father was an alcoholic and was abusive. It is rumored that Garavito was subjected to abuse and molested by his mother’s clients. He ran away at the age of 8 and unfortunately was picked up by a pedophile who raped and abused him. After this, he joined a gang for protection and began to steal.
In 1992, an investigation began due to a large number of boys between 6 and 16 who had gone missing. In 1997 a mass grave with a pair of special glasses next to it. In ‘98 3 bodies were found with a note next to them with an address on it. The address was that of Garavito’s girlfriend. When the police questioned her she had not seen him in months, however, she gave the police a bag Garavito left in her position. The bag contained photos and a journal containing how he killed his victims. This led the police to where he was staying. Though they believe he was looking for his next victim. He was convicted on 138 of 172 accounts of murder and was sentenced to 1,853 years and 9 days in prison, though there may have possibly been 300 or more victims due to the Columbian civil war.
