To all who knew him, Robert Hansen was a typical hardworking businessman, husband, and father. But
hidden beneath the veneer of mild respectability was a monster whose depraved appetites could not be sated. From 1971 to 1983, Hansen was a human predator,
stalking women on the edges of Anchorage society—women whose disappearances would cause scant outcry, but whose gruesome fates would shock the nation.
After his arrest, Hansen confessed to seventeen brutal murders, though authorities suspect there were more than thirty victims.
There are countless books, documentaries and
movies about the monster who came to be known as the “Butcher Baker.” But the book, by late Alaska State
Trooper Walter Gilmour and author Leland E. Hale, is arguably the most complete and most compelling work to date. “Butcher Baker” tells the story of the most prolific serial killer in Alaskan history, from the dark urges that drove his madness, to the women who died at his hand, and finally, to the authorities who captured and convicted
him.
My guest today is Leland E. Hale author of "Butcher Baker."
