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Motels, Models & Murder: The Making of the Beauty Queen Killer | The case of Linda, Dawn & Tina | UNSEEN
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Motels, Models & Murder: The Making of the Beauty Queen Killer | The case of Linda, Dawn & Tina | UNSEEN
“He’s keeping me”
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March 20th, 1984: 19-year-old Linda Grober walks into a Tallahassee, Florida mall to buy a gift for her and her boyfriend's anniversary, but doesn't come home. She is victim #4. April 4, 1984: 16-year-old Tina Risico vanishes from a mall in Southern California, last being seen getting into the car of a strange man. She is victim #9. April 10th, 1984, Merrillville, Indiana: 16-year-old Dawn Wilt meets a friendly photographer at her local mall... and steps into a nightmare that could change everything. She is victim #10.
The FBI is continually one step behind this serial killer —better known as the Beauty Queen Killer— whose deadly spree across the country will force three women to fight to escape, stop one of the wildest manhunts in U.S. history, and see justice served for all the other victims.
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Co-directed, edited & written by Maxime Desrochers
Co-directed, written & researched by Manon Lafosse
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
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Sources:
Documentaries
“A Model Killer” - The FBI Files: New Dominion Pictures, 1999
(Production in association with Discovery Channel)
“Spring break nightmare” - Disappeared: Discovery Communication LLC, 2011 (Production: Peacock Production for Investigation Discovery / Distribution: Sky Crime)
Mini-series
“9 Days of Terror“ - The Beauty Queen Killer: ABC News Inc., 2024
(Production Company AMPLE/Distribution Disney+/101 Studios/ ®Hulu)
News segment
The Snapshot Killer: Inside the Wanda Beach murders
7NEWS Spotlight, originally aired 10 June 2018
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Books
Connelly, Michael. Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers. Little, Brown and Company, 2006.
Byrne, Andrew. The Pretty Girl Killer: The Complete True Story of One of the World’s Most Horrifying Serial Killers Who Terrorised Both Australia and America. Penguin Random House Australia, 2019.
"Driven to Kill." Most Wanted, edited by the Editors of Time-Life Books, Time-Life Books, 2005.
Unseen
Uncover what true crime documentaries don't show you: real cases and real people, but with a new twist. This is Unseen.