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Imagine waking up in the middle of the night

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to a stranger next to your bed. It's

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what happened to dozens of women

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in Miami and across South Florida

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when an elusive serial rapist began

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a terrifying crime spree in the

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early Nineteen eighties. In a new

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season of Loneliest Florida. Exclusively on

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Wonder, he plus detectives embark on

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a frantic investigation to stop the

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cunning and dangerous predator who was

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known as the pillowcase rapist. The

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mysterious attacker never allowed his victims

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to see his face, and he

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left behind virtually no clues. He

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became one of Florida's most prolific

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serial rapist, and despite one of

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the largest crime stopping efforts in

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the state, he evaded capture for

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nearly four decades. From

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the journalists that the South Florida

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Sun Sentinel felonious Florida in the

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Darkness reveals how an extraordinary stroke

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of luck may have finally cracked

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the case. Who. Was

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the man beneath the pillowcase? And.

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How did you escape capture of

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for so many years? Here's a

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preview from episode one: On

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the night of September sixth, Mary Beth, his

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home by yourself or boyfriend who also works

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for Eastern Airlines is back at his home

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base in New York City. And. Her

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roommate is out for the night. I

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had applied at night. I came

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in around one in the morning.

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And what was Anyway, if I had my

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prepared for me and I left it right

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in a doorway and I thought, well. Robert

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and can help her power any

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and. Out a way it and thing to

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remember really funny if i was like three

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days are behind door before i went to

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the head. She watches the

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Robert Redford Classic for a while. Then

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falls asleep. But.

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Not long after a noise jokes

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are awake. Is

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barking. It's or neighbor's dog

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on the first floor. Then

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she hears a potted plant fall over on her

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balcony. And I

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I felt something mean. I

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hear that sense of Sunday

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Their. Mary Beth

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sits up in bed and looks over

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at the doorway, and for just a

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brief moment she's a shadowy figure of

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a man. Before he

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leaps at her. Everything

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happened in an instant from Mary Beth,

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right in the early morning hours of

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September Sixth. Nineteen Eighty One. The.

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Strange you're at her bedroom door. Gave her

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no time to react or even to see

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what he looked like. Moments.

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Earlier had climbed up under her second

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floor balcony and was at her sliding

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glass door. It didn't

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last very securely. Some robots dad had what's

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the broom handle it it to prevent anyone

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from opening it from the outside. But.

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The intruder had a butcher knife. And.

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He slid the blade through the door to push

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the being handle away. Now he

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was lunging at Mary Beth. And

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I I set. Up an ad and

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he leaped over get my roommates

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and landed on top ups and

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immediately particular case of a my

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head gap and proceeded to rape

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me and she said if you

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call it that pst are now

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and I'll get you I said

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what's the p a stage and

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he said a public. Safety Department.

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He talked to be can only beautiful

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lady things like that I am ip

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I didn't see him that I knew

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he wasn't. Tall she was,

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she was shorts. And

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a edges erm, you know you.

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Vision of what you could see

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and he had me tied up.

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I'd my hands on my back. And

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he told or something that sent chills

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done Mary Beth spine. Immediately

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she recalled seeing the stranger who

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was staring into her windows. He

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said i know your roommate, your

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boyfriend and how s white sheet

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and that's. Why think she was the one

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that was any of their apartment watching? The.

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Attack went on for about ten minutes

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by Mary Bets estimate. Maybe. Even

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less. As her

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attacker left her bedroom, he stumbled over the

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luggage she'd left near her front door. And.

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Fled into the night, Somehow.

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Still tied, Mary Beth was able to get

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to her phone. It's

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to call the police. I called my

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boyfriend who found my husband and he

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called the police for me and he

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called my girlfriend who worked for National

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Airlines at the time who was in

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the same apartment complex and she came

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over. Her. Friend and

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tied her and the police arrived minutes

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later. By. Nine Am. Mary Beth

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was at the hospital and her boyfriend

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was on a plane from Jfk to

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Miami. Later. In

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the day they return together to her

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apartment. I

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think the worst part was coming

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home to the apartment and seen

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all that black finger print stuff

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everywhere. at

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that really freaked me out. Here.

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Just seen that. Made it

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real. Mary

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Beth couldn't stay Italy's and Lakes

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for long. Within two weeks, Eastern

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Airlines granted an emergency transfer to

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Atlanta. And she flew out

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of Miami hoping to leave the traumatizing

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or deal behind forever. Except.

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listened, To flown is floor the free

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exclusively on one three plus. Two.

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And one replace an Apple podcasts or on

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the. One do. Yeah,