# NIGHT PATROL PODCAST: Inside the Real World of Serial Killers in 2025
Join Detective Em Carter in this riveting episode of Night Patrol as she takes you beyond horror stories and into the actual state of serial killings in America today. Unlike dramatized crime shows, Em delivers a raw, unfiltered analysis of current cases making headlines across the nation, particularly the concerning situation unfolding in New England where seven bodies have been discovered across three states.
This eye-opening episode explores:
- Why serial killer numbers have dramatically decreased since the 1980s
- Current hotspots including the New England cases causing internet speculation
- How modern forensic technology is changing the game for investigators
- The Highway Serial Killer Initiative tracking predators using truck routes
- Which states have the highest rates of serial killer activity and why
- The shift in victim targeting patterns and vulnerable populations
- Real cases that continue to baffle law enforcement despite advanced techniques
Drawing from her professional experience and forensic training, Detective Carter separates fact from fiction while providing listeners with practical awareness tips. Whether you're a true crime enthusiast or concerned citizen, this episode delivers expert insights into the patterns behind the chaos of today's most disturbing cases.
Listen now to understand how serial killings have evolved and what makes modern investigations so different from the infamous manhunts of decades past.
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Join Detective Em Carter in this riveting episode of Night Patrol as she takes you beyond horror stories and into the actual state of serial killings in America today. Unlike dramatized crime shows, Em delivers a raw, unfiltered analysis of current cases making headlines across the nation, particularly the concerning situation unfolding in New England where seven bodies have been discovered across three states.
This eye-opening episode explores:
- Why serial killer numbers have dramatically decreased since the 1980s
- Current hotspots including the New England cases causing internet speculation
- How modern forensic technology is changing the game for investigators
- The Highway Serial Killer Initiative tracking predators using truck routes
- Which states have the highest rates of serial killer activity and why
- The shift in victim targeting patterns and vulnerable populations
- Real cases that continue to baffle law enforcement despite advanced techniques
Drawing from her professional experience and forensic training, Detective Carter separates fact from fiction while providing listeners with practical awareness tips. Whether you're a true crime enthusiast or concerned citizen, this episode delivers expert insights into the patterns behind the chaos of today's most disturbing cases.
Listen now to understand how serial killings have evolved and what makes modern investigations so different from the infamous manhunts of decades past.
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Listeners. I hope your night is quiet and your locks
are checked twice because Detective M. Carter is back with
you on Night Patrol and tonight we are going deep
into the world of serial killers. No horror podcasts, no
musty case files from decades ago. This is my solo
take on what the headlines and investigative billetins are shouting
about right now. My squad mates always say, m you
(00:24):
geek out on the worst stuff. Maybe, but I call
it being obsessed with cracking the patterns behind the chaos.
So get ready. This is the real work I signed
up for, and tonight we are diving into the freshest
cases out there. We all grew up watching shows where
they nailed the purp by the last commercial break, but
that is not how serial killings unfold in real life.
(00:47):
The number and audacity of serial killers used to spike
nightmares back in the nineteen eighties, but thankfully those days
are numbered. Law enforcement professionals and criminologists say that in
twenty twenty five, the number of active serial killers is
dramatically down compared to historical highs. Multiple factors led to this.
DNA screening has caught up to old cases sell phone
(01:11):
tracking closes the net faster, and even the trucking industry
is pitching in with training against trafficking producers of panic.
The likes of Bundy and Dahmer are less common now,
but the truth is serial killers have not vanished. They
just got better at laying low, or they operate in
places where victims are less likely to be missed. Let
(01:32):
us start tonight on a chilling note with the place
that has the Internet buzzing right now, New England. If
you follow true crime forums or my own late night
review of ongoing cases, you have probably spotted a sharp
spike in concern. Seven bodies have turned up within months,
and the usual lines are blurred. The states involved Connecticut,
(01:53):
Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Seven deaths, seven potential links. Now
officially law enforced. Is not saying there is a serial
killer on the loose. Investigators are not publicly connecting the dots,
but the online rumor mill is none overdrive. Just think
about this Facebook group called New England sk that is
(02:14):
capped at nearly nine thousand members, swapping theories, tracking every
whisper of connection. Social media sleus are listing the distances
between the dump sites, watching for patterns and how the
bodies appear, and drawing comparisons to cold cases. A recent
Boston News segment even showed that the conversation has heated
(02:34):
up to the point that police agencies are addressing the
rumors directly. While some bodies remain unidentified, others are locals
whose disappearance has raised red flags. If you are picturing
backwoods or highways, No, this is happening in bedroom communities
and just outside mid sized towns. That is not lost
on anyone up here. Those gut punch cold case details
(02:57):
from the nineties are still raw with people, and now
new cases are setting off the alarms again. One thing
I have learned is that the streets talk and the
web shouts, but actual proof makes or breaks a case.
My instructors at the academy drilled one lesson above all else.
The likelihood of a serial killer is always less than
(03:17):
people assume, but never zero. Social media can amplify just
about anything, but veteran profilers and cold case detectives are
the first to say the rumors usually run ahead of
the facts. Still, you cannot ignore this. Many of the
bodies were discovered in places that line right up with
historical corridors used by other notorious killers, and the unidentified
(03:41):
remains haunt the local task forces. Even as university experts
caution against panic, they keep looking for those keys to
pattern recognition, whether it is victim profile, dump site characteristics,
or signatures stashed around the scene. Right now, the facts
are not lining up to a single suspect, but each
(04:01):
new discovery keeps this in the headlines. Let us talk
a bit about the kind of data that makes jumping
to conclusions dangerous. There are legitimate reasons to approach a
cluster of deaths with caution. Most disappearances are not serial
in nature, and even with heed homicide investigations, coincidences happen
that mimic the surface pattern of a series. But ask
(04:23):
any current detective and they will tell you that it
is the anomalies in a cluster of cases, the similar
method or ritualistic detail that starts to tip the scale.
So naturally, the rumor mill spins and everyone in law
enforcement is triple checking their evidence logs, while the public's
nerves hang by a thread. Zooming out from New England
and looking at the US as a whole, the last
(04:45):
few decades have changed the whole landscape. If you dig
into the research compiled by the Murder Accountability Project and
experts like Michael Arntfield who runs those big data pattern searches,
you will see there are still hundreds of unsolved murder clusters.
They light up on both coasts and swings straight down
the interstate system, a recurring factor. Law enforcement in multiple
(05:08):
states has zered in on the pattern of killers who
use truck routes. Serial killings have gotten mobile. These are
not the grainy, black and white monsters of crime history,
but people hiding behind a Cbee radio and a long
held job. The Highway Serial Killer Initiative now has four
hundred or more offender profiles in its database of unidentified
(05:30):
subjects connected to the trucking industry. Victims are often selected
from vulnerable populations, especially among indigenous communities and along the
long ribbons of truck stops and anonymous pighway towns. Here
is a brutal but honest fact repeated in every detective
course and case steady for the most at risk people
(05:53):
in North America, especially Indigenous women. Active clusters of violent
deaths show that the threat remains. In fact, twenty twenty
five saw more remains discovered in places like Manitoba, Canada,
reinforcing how much work remains. It is not the old
style of lone wolf stalker all the time, but organized
(06:14):
and predatory behavior that uses geography as a weapon. The
industry has actually responded with training programs aimed at truck drivers,
equipping them to spot and report trafficking and serial predation.
It is saving lives, but the cases still slip through
switching tracks.
Listeners. I hope your night is quiet and your locks
are checked twice because Detective M. Carter is back with
you on Night Patrol and tonight we are going deep
into the world of serial killers. No horror podcasts, no
musty case files from decades ago. This is my solo
take on what the headlines and investigative billetins are shouting
about right now. My squad mates always say, m you
(00:24):
geek out on the worst stuff. Maybe, but I call
it being obsessed with cracking the patterns behind the chaos.
So get ready. This is the real work I signed
up for, and tonight we are diving into the freshest
cases out there. We all grew up watching shows where
they nailed the purp by the last commercial break, but
that is not how serial killings unfold in real life.
(00:47):
The number and audacity of serial killers used to spike
nightmares back in the nineteen eighties, but thankfully those days
are numbered. Law enforcement professionals and criminologists say that in
twenty twenty five, the number of active serial killers is
dramatically down compared to historical highs. Multiple factors led to this.
DNA screening has caught up to old cases sell phone
(01:11):
tracking closes the net faster, and even the trucking industry
is pitching in with training against trafficking producers of panic.
The likes of Bundy and Dahmer are less common now,
but the truth is serial killers have not vanished. They
just got better at laying low, or they operate in
places where victims are less likely to be missed. Let
(01:32):
us start tonight on a chilling note with the place
that has the Internet buzzing right now, New England. If
you follow true crime forums or my own late night
review of ongoing cases, you have probably spotted a sharp
spike in concern. Seven bodies have turned up within months,
and the usual lines are blurred. The states involved Connecticut,
(01:53):
Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Seven deaths, seven potential links. Now
officially law enforced. Is not saying there is a serial
killer on the loose. Investigators are not publicly connecting the dots,
but the online rumor mill is none overdrive. Just think
about this Facebook group called New England sk that is
(02:14):
capped at nearly nine thousand members, swapping theories, tracking every
whisper of connection. Social media sleus are listing the distances
between the dump sites, watching for patterns and how the
bodies appear, and drawing comparisons to cold cases. A recent
Boston News segment even showed that the conversation has heated
(02:34):
up to the point that police agencies are addressing the
rumors directly. While some bodies remain unidentified, others are locals
whose disappearance has raised red flags. If you are picturing
backwoods or highways, No, this is happening in bedroom communities
and just outside mid sized towns. That is not lost
on anyone up here. Those gut punch cold case details
(02:57):
from the nineties are still raw with people, and now
new cases are setting off the alarms again. One thing
I have learned is that the streets talk and the
web shouts, but actual proof makes or breaks a case.
My instructors at the academy drilled one lesson above all else.
The likelihood of a serial killer is always less than
(03:17):
people assume, but never zero. Social media can amplify just
about anything, but veteran profilers and cold case detectives are
the first to say the rumors usually run ahead of
the facts. Still, you cannot ignore this. Many of the
bodies were discovered in places that line right up with
historical corridors used by other notorious killers, and the unidentified
(03:41):
remains haunt the local task forces. Even as university experts
caution against panic, they keep looking for those keys to
pattern recognition, whether it is victim profile, dump site characteristics,
or signatures stashed around the scene. Right now, the facts
are not lining up to a single suspect, but each
(04:01):
new discovery keeps this in the headlines. Let us talk
a bit about the kind of data that makes jumping
to conclusions dangerous. There are legitimate reasons to approach a
cluster of deaths with caution. Most disappearances are not serial
in nature, and even with heed homicide investigations, coincidences happen
that mimic the surface pattern of a series. But ask
(04:23):
any current detective and they will tell you that it
is the anomalies in a cluster of cases, the similar
method or ritualistic detail that starts to tip the scale.
So naturally, the rumor mill spins and everyone in law
enforcement is triple checking their evidence logs, while the public's
nerves hang by a thread. Zooming out from New England
and looking at the US as a whole, the last
(04:45):
few decades have changed the whole landscape. If you dig
into the research compiled by the Murder Accountability Project and
experts like Michael Arntfield who runs those big data pattern searches,
you will see there are still hundreds of unsolved murder clusters.
They light up on both coasts and swings straight down
the interstate system, a recurring factor. Law enforcement in multiple
(05:08):
states has zered in on the pattern of killers who
use truck routes. Serial killings have gotten mobile. These are
not the grainy, black and white monsters of crime history,
but people hiding behind a Cbee radio and a long
held job. The Highway Serial Killer Initiative now has four
hundred or more offender profiles in its database of unidentified
(05:30):
subjects connected to the trucking industry. Victims are often selected
from vulnerable populations, especially among indigenous communities and along the
long ribbons of truck stops and anonymous pighway towns. Here
is a brutal but honest fact repeated in every detective
course and case steady for the most at risk people
(05:53):
in North America, especially Indigenous women. Active clusters of violent
deaths show that the threat remains. In fact, twenty twenty
five saw more remains discovered in places like Manitoba, Canada,
reinforcing how much work remains. It is not the old
style of lone wolf stalker all the time, but organized
(06:14):
and predatory behavior that uses geography as a weapon. The
industry has actually responded with training programs aimed at truck drivers,
equipping them to spot and report trafficking and serial predation.
It is saving lives, but the cases still slip through
switching tracks.
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