If Ted Bundy sent shivers down your spine, brace yourself for Christopher Wilder – the serial killer who was even more cunning, even more hypnotic, and whose reign of terror is far from over.
He was the ultimate wolf in sheep's clothing: tall, handsome, seemingly respectable – the Australian-born son of an American war hero. Behind this polished exterior lurked a ruthless predator. For 20 years, this wealthy businessman and race car driver stalked America's most beautiful women. Someone's daughter. Someone's sister. Girls who never made it home.
Now we're finding them.Catching Evil is an explosive eight-year field investigation spanning two continents that refuses to stay buried in the 1980s. This isn't just another cold case podcast – this is a live investigation. As hosts Andy Byrne and Mark Llewellyn dig deeper, they uncover new bodies, new victims, and shocking evidence that connects one of Australia's greatest unsolved murder mysteries to a serial killing rampage across America.
This is victim-driven true crime at its most authentic and unflinching. We're giving voice to the forgotten girls, honouring their stories, and standing alongside the families still devastated by one man's evil decades later. Because lives are still being destroyed. Justice is still being denied. Their stories matter. We can't let them be forgotten.
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What would you do if a serial killer put a gun to your little sister’s head?
Eleven-year-old Kristine didn't have time to think. In that terrifying moment, on a sunny afternoon that should have been safe, she made a choice.
She figured out Christopher Wilder—the man who would become one of America’s most notorious killers—and she used that knowledge to keep her ten-year-old sister alive through hours of unimaginable horror. This is her truly remarkable story, told in her own voice.
For decades, Kristine carried the weight of that day alone. The system failed her. People looked away. But she never let that day define her. Instead, she turned her pain into a lifeline for other women, founding a non-profit to ensure no one has to survive in silence. Her courage isn’t just about surviving a monster; it’s about refusing to let that monster win, even forty years later.
This episode is more than a crime story. It’s a testament to a sister’s love, a child’s astonishing bravery, and a woman’s unbreakable spirit. If you’ve ever needed to believe that light can grow from the darkest places, listen. Kristine’s voice will stay with you long after the episode ends.
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Suzanne Logan was 21, nine months married, and full of dreams. On a Sunday morning in 1984 she kissed her husband goodbye, drove to a shopping mall in Oklahoma City, and was never seen alive again.
Christopher Wilder found her. What happened next is unbearable for her brothers, who have found it impossible to speak about. Until now.
John and David — between them over 50 years in the US Navy — are big, strong men. But in this episode they break down completely. And what makes it even more extraordinary is that this is the first time in forty years they have truly spoken to each other about what happened to their little sister.
This is the story the police didn't want to investigate. It's one you won't be able to stop thinking about. We hope it honours Suzie, the pretty young bride who met a serial killer and never made it home.
Terry Ferguson was 21, beautiful, and shopping for a new outfit. Her boyfriend was coming back from Spring Break, and she wanted to look perfect for him. But Terry had a secret dream her mother, Frances, didn't know about—she wanted to be a model.
One ordinary Sunday afternoon in a crowded Florida shopping mall, a handsome, charming man with a camera approached her. He told her she had 'the look'. That he could help her. That this was her chance. She believed him. Within hours, the police captain's daughter was dead—the first confirmed victim of serial killer Christopher Wilder, and the beginning of one of America's most terrifying murder sprees.
In this emotionally raw opening episode, Frances shares what no mother should ever have to tell: how quickly a dream can become a nightmare, how a single moment of trust can end everything, and what it means to lose your daughter to a predator who knew exactly what to say.
Christopher Wilder wasn't what anyone expected. The Australian-born son of an American war hero, he was a wealthy Florida businessman. A race car driver. Charming, well-dressed, convincing. As he later crisscrossed America, leaving a trail of abductions and murders, hundreds of FBI agents and local police launched the biggest manhunt the country had ever seen. The nation watched in horror.
But this isn't just a story about him. It's about them—the young women whose names deserve to be remembered, whose dreams mattered, whose lives were stolen.
Catching Evil is the result of an eight-year investigation across two continents that has uncovered new victims, new murders, and new links to Wilder's decades-long killing pattern. He was every bit as cunning and manipulative as Ted Bundy. But more than that, it's a promise: to give voice to every young woman who never made it home. To honour Terry, and all the others. To make sure they are never forgotten.
This is their story. And we start with Terry.
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Introducing: Catching Evil
Saison 1
mardi 6 janvier 2026 • Durée 03:55
If you thought Ted Bundy was evil, prepare to encounter a serial killer even more cunning and hypnotic. Tall and handsome, Christopher Wilder was a wealthy race car driver and the son of an American war hero. Women adored him, but behind the facade, he was a deadly danger to every pretty young girl he met. He stalked them, lured them away with his charm, then tortured, raped and murdered them to the lyrics of his favourite pop songs.
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What if you could see inside a serial killer's mind before he struck? Three men who've spent decades studying ruthless predators like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer pull back the curtain on Christopher Wilder—and what they reveal could save a life. Dr Eric Hickey, FBI consultant profiler and forensic psychologist, delivers the starkest warning you'll ever hear: "He pulls out a gun and points it at you. You don't get in the car. Never get in the car. You're better off being shot in the parking lot than being tortured and murdered in the car or in some other place. If you get in the car, you're dead."
This isn't theory. This is survival. Because Wilder didn't look dangerous—he looked successful. Wealthy businessman. Race car driver. The kind of charming man who seemed legitimate, exciting, trustworthy. That's exactly what made him lethal.
He selected his victims like a hunter stalking prey. Pretty young women. Models. Beauty queens with dreams he promised to make real. Former Miami Police Chief Dr Nelson Andreu explains how Wilder posed as a photographer, flashed his racing credentials, and projected sophistication that masked pure evil. "The first time he kills may not be perfectly choreographed. But inspired by the intense satisfaction the killing produces, he starts to plan in earnest. Those first murders left him with a thrill that he could never, ever let go. Each victim fueled his need for the next."
International best-selling crime writer Michael Robotham met Wilder face-to-face as a young journalist and never forgot his chilling confidence in court—the quiet certainty of a man who believed he was invincible. This episode doesn't just explain how monsters are made. It arms you with knowledge that could save you or someone you love.
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I Miss My Mom
Saison 1 · Épisode 8
lundi 2 mars 2026 • Durée 44:46
She was four years old when Christopher Wilder stole her mother. For forty years, Mindy Walden told no one her story. Now, she's ready to speak.
Terry Walden was 23 — a nursing student, a young mom who loved baking and birthday parties. In March 1984, a stranger approached her on her university campus in Beaumont, Texas, and told her she could be a model. Terry called him a dirty pervert. The next morning, he was waiting beside her car. Terry never came home.
Her four-year-old daughter knew. Dropped at daycare that morning, Mindy screamed and sobbed as she watched her mother walk away. That night, as her father drove frantically through every parking lot in town, Mindy told him: I think she's dead. Two days later, she watched them pull her mother's body from a canal — on a road that bore their family name.
For forty years, Mindy has been haunted by a dream in which her mother appears but cannot speak — because Mindy can no longer remember her voice. But she has recently discovered a cassette tape, unheard for 35 years, on which Terry is talking. The moment it plays changes everything.
And then comes a revelation no one saw coming — when Mindy's partner steps forward with his own shattering confession, exposing an extraordinary bond forged from opposite sides of the same violence.
This is the episode that will stay with you long after it ends.
She stared into the eyes of a serial killer, fought a life-or-death battle in a motel room, and won — then triggered the biggest manhunt in American history. Linda Grober was just 19 years old when Christopher Wilder abducted her from a shopping mall in broad daylight. He had already murdered four women across America in three weeks. Police had his name. Nobody had warned the public. Linda had never heard of him.
What happened next in a roadside motel room is almost impossible to comprehend. He superglued her eyes shut. He electrocuted her through wires attached to her fingers and toes. He tortured and assaulted her for hours while ordering her to act like his girlfriend. And if she didn't perform to his liking, he shocked her again — then laughed. But Linda Grober did something Wilder never expected. She kept thinking. "Keep it together, sister," she told herself. "Keep your cool. Do what he says. And think."
She played dead. He loosened his grip. She jabbed her fingers into his eyes and ran — five steps to a bathroom door with a lock no thicker than a fingernail. A serial killer was right behind her. She made it. She flicked the lock. His body slammed into the door a heartbeat later. That lock saved her life.
Linda Grober's escape didn't just save one woman. It brought in the FBI and triggered the biggest manhunt in American history. Her detailed account of Wilder — his methods, his obsessions, his rituals — gave investigators everything they needed to hunt him down. Other women are alive today because a 20-year-old university student in a motel bathroom refused to die. This is not a story about a serial killer. This is a story about the extraordinary young woman who beat one.
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Jane Doe
Saison 1 · Épisode 6
lundi 16 février 2026 • Durée 38:51
She was fifteen. Tiny — barely 160 centimetres tall. Wearing a pink bikini on an ordinary Thursday morning, walking alone near her home.
Christopher Wilder was six foot, well into a killing rampage across America, and should have been in police custody that morning. He wasn't. A private detective had handed police in Miami enough evidence. They called it "no evidence of foul play."
Two days later, Colleen Orsborne was gone.
For 27 years she lay in a morgue labelled Jane Doe — a number, a file, a girl nobody could name. Her mother never stopped searching. Never stopped hoping. She died before DNA finally confirmed what the family always knew.
She never got to bury her daughter.
Colleen's big sister Margaret has carried the guilt for 40 years. She was the big sister. She was supposed to protect her. That's what big sisters do.
"I'm sorry," she whispered at the memorial, 27 years too late. "I think we all felt we failed her."
Stunning beauty queen, High School cheerleading coach and special needs teacher Beth Kenyon turned down a marriage proposal from Christopher Wilder after only a handful of casual dates. A few months later, the 23-year-old beauty queen winner vanished after being seen with him at a gas station on the way to a photo shoot he organised for her. Her body has never been found, and her younger brother Tim still struggles with the tragedy that has haunted him his entire adult life.
Rosario Gonzalez was 21 and in love. Newly engaged. Teaching Sunday school while building a modelling career. February 26, 1984, should have been just another day working the Miami Grand Prix to earn some extra money for her wedding. Handing out samples, sunshine, the roar of engines, thousands of people everywhere.
She should have been safe.
Instead, Rosario vanished in plain sight. The last photo ever taken shows her moments before she was seen walking away with a man matching serial killer Christopher Wilder's description.
No screams. No witnesses. Just gone. Why did she go with him?
In this episode, you'll hear from Bill — her college sweetheart, her fiancé, the man who was supposed to marry her. Decades later, his voice breaks describing "the most beautiful woman" he ever met. The sweetest soul he ever knew.
There's no body. No grave. No closure. Just her wedding band — and the life they were supposed to build together, frozen forever in 1984.
Rosario was engaged. She was loved. She had a future. Christopher Wilder made sure she never lived to see it.
For every woman who's ever been approached by a stranger with a "great opportunity." For every woman who's wondered if she was overreacting. For everyone still waiting for answers that may never come.
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Hosts
Andy Byrne
Mark Llewellyn
Audio Production
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Resources
The Pretty Girl Killer by Andrew Byrne - courtesy of Penguin Random House
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