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The Genesee River Killer Part Four

American True Crime

Release Date: 08/10/2021

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Arthur Shawcross is finally behind bars; the people of Rochester want to know who has been terrorizing them for months and what compelled him to kill so many innocent women.

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After months of terrorizing Rochester New York, the serial killer known as the Genesee River Killer is finally caught, after a horrific holiday murder spree. The man, Arthur Shawcross, is the last person police expected to be the killer.

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Arthur Shawcross has settled into his new life in Rochester, NY. Living under the radar of police scrutiny he is able to act out his viscous impulses on the unsuspecting subculture of sex-workers in his area. Using a fake name, he eludes police attention...while investigators are hunting for their suspect, Art wreaks havoc on the city’s most vulnerable women. 

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Watertown New York is still reeling from the disappearance of seven-year-old Jack Blake. Four months after the Blake tragedy, Karen Ann Hill goes missing while visiting Watertown with her family. The police suspect Arthur Shawcross immediately….

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After months of terrorizing Rochester New York, the serial killer known as the Genesee River Killer is finally caught, after a horrific holiday murder spree. The man, Arthur Shawcross, is the last person police expected to be the killer.

 

Show notes

 

Research 

 

Books 

Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims, by Jack Olsen

 

Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer: The Grisly True Crime Account of the Rochester Prostitute Murders, by J. Norris 

 

Articles and Internet Sources 

 

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 03 Dec 1989, Sun, Page 4

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), 10 Dec 1989, Sun, Page 6

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 13 Dec 1989, Wed, Page 11

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 20 Dec 1989, Wed, Page 4

Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 04 Jan 1990, Thu, Page 14

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 05 Jan 1990, Fri, Page 2

The Journal News (White Plains, New York), 05 Jan 1990, Fri, Page 3

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 06 Jan 1990, Sat, Page 2

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 06 Jan 1990, Sat, Page 3

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 07 Jan 1990, Sun, Page 1 & 6

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 08 Jan 1990, Mon, Page 4

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 08 Jun 1990, Fri, Page 7




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