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June 1, 2025 19 mins

Grotesque Tea, is a dark podcast that covers true crime, as well as the creepy, macabre, and supernatural. As such, may not be suitable for all audiences. Listeners discrimination, is advised. 

Episode Warning: This episode contains child violence and sexual violence against a child

This month, we look at one of the most prolific, and at large, serial child rapist and killer, Pedro Lopez. "The Monster of the Andes," provides one of the most horrific cases we have covered so far on this podcast.

Sources Used in this episode:

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/spanbauer-david.htm

https://apnews.com/article/0876c0c1c8cd7c250a5aac9849911049

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/374/67/458212/

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/david_spanbauer/1.html

https://www.postcrescen.com/story/news/local/2014/12/16/spanbauers-crime-spree-still-taking-toll-years-later/20492075/

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https://wickedwe.com/david-spanbauer/#google_vignette

Music: Mysterious Fear by MusicLFiles

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Hosted By: Sunset Slaughter (She/Her)

Editing by: Painswalker (She/Her)

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