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Case 324: Khalil Rayyan

Ep. 375

*** Content warnings: Terrorism, gun violence ***


In late 2015, a young pizza delivery man named Khalil Abu Rayyan from Dearborn Heights, Michigan, met and fell in love with a woman he met online. Jannah Bride had approached Khalil via the social media platform Twitter, and the two soon became close.


Over the course of several months, Khalil would start admitting disturbing things to Jannah – fantasies he had about harming others. But nothing in the relationship was as it seemed…


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Narration – Anonymous Host

Research & writing – Erin Munro

Creative direction – Milly Raso

Production & music – Mike Migas

Audio editing – Anthony Telfer


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