The Collector
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Jacqueline was only 18—a rising model and reigning Miss North Miami—when her agent sent her to a stranger's house for a routine photo shoot. That stranger was serial killer Christopher Wilder.
Weeks before he embarked on one of America's most horrific murder sprees, Jacqueline found herself alone with him in his Florida home. Posing as a fashion photographer, Wilder asked her to get more raunchy. She refused. The shoot ended abruptly, but not before he delivered a chilling parting comment—words that would only reveal their true meaning once she learned who he really was.
This episode reveals the secret torture chamber in his house, filled with chains, gags, restraints, and blood. Young women lured there by modelling promises. Controlled and humiliated.
Wilder's obsession with John Fowles' novel *The Collector* is explained—it wasn't just his inspiration, but his training manual. He memorised it. Studied stalking techniques, captivity fantasies, and how to use photography as a weapon for blackmail and sex.
The pattern widens to the notorious Wanda Beach murders in Australia and how a stunning trail of police errors and missed opportunities let a killer walk free. Three months into his marriage to a young schoolteacher Wilder began tampering with her car, toying with her life. She barely escaped. He fled to America, and our investigation charts how he practised, refined his methods, and preyed on America's most beautiful women for two decades. Women like Jacqueline. She was one of the lucky ones.
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Hosts: Andy Byrne & Mark Llewellyn
Audio Production: Sam Blacker at The Podcast Butler - https://thepodcastbutler.com/
Artwork: Susan Armstrong
Media: Llewellyn Communications https://llewcom.com.au/
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Resource
The Pretty Girl Killer by Andrew Byrne - courtesy of Penguin Random House
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