{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68d0b2ea88c516d26e3c7b48/6a3481034a187774acc0be34?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E39 | The Snapshot Killer","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68d0b2ea88c516d26e3c7b48/1781825232417-a9fc51e9-8bc4-452e-9db9-142f2a0368a4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>He was a successful Florida businessman with a waterfront house, fast cars, and a camera — and a name that surfaced, twenty years earlier, among the suspects at Wanda Beach. In early 1984, Christopher Wilder began to kill. Over six weeks and sixteen states, the Australian-born \"Beauty Queen Killer\" lured young women with the promise of a modelling shoot, abducting at least twelve and murdering eight. Three survived, and their testimony narrowed the net. He died in a struggle with police a few miles from the Canadian border. The chilling question isn't who — it's how he stayed free so long.</p><p><br></p><h2><strong>Sources used</strong></h2><ul><li><em>Wikipedia — \"Christopher Wilder\"</em> (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wilder): primary backbone for biography, full spree chronology (victims, dates, locations), death scene, FBI Most Wanted, estate distribution, <em>The Collector</em>, disputed electroshock/near-drowning (per McNab).</li><li><em>UPI Archives</em> (April &amp; August 1984): Tina Risico contemporaneous reporting — released at Boston/Logan, treated as victim not accomplice, told authorities of electric-shock torture and abuse.</li><li><em>ABC News</em> / <em>People</em> / <em>E! News</em> / <em>USA Today</em> (2024, re: Hulu's <em>The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror</em>): three survivors (Grober, Risico, Wilt); Risico's \"arms crossed above her head\" detail; accomplice debate and her status as a minor/victim; spree framing (8–9 killed, 12 abducted, \"47 days\").</li><li><em>Palm Beach Post</em> (2025) — \"Boynton Beach serial killer Christopher Wilder's … rampage\": numbered victim chronology, dates/locations, Risico lured Wilt, Dodge last murder, death scene; FBI Most Wanted 5 April.</li><li><em>WickedWe</em> (victims overview) and <em>Yahoo/Palm Beach Post</em> reprints: corroborating sequence for Logan, Bonaventura, Korfman, Risico, Wilt, Dodge; Charlie Laursen (truck driver) and Penn Yan hospital.</li><li><em>A&amp;E</em> — \"Elusive 'Beauty Queen Killer'\": private investigator hired by Kenyon's father; Wilder's proximity/profile; nine-month delay theme (used re: the Wanda link, consistent with prior episode).</li><li><em>Duncan McNab, The Snapshot Killer</em> (2019), via Wikipedia citation: debunks electroshock and near-drowning stories.</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Brevity Studios"}