Introducing “The Poet” from The Binge
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Introducing “The Poet” from The Binge

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 17, 202635 min
  • Documentary
  • Crime & justice

Today, catch the first episode of The Poet, a new six-part true crime series from The Binge. Hosted by journalist Rachel Browne, The Poet is an investigation that drops you into Wichita, Kansas in 1977, where a woman named Ruth Finley is receiving threatening, obsessive poems from an unknown stalker – at the exact same time police are trying to track down the notorious serial killer known as BTK. Is Ruth’s stalker the same person? You’ll have to listen to find out. To keep listening, here’s Episode 2: Where’s Ruth? For The Binge...

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The I'm Max Zun, the second-best journalist in the world. I'm the author of Alcorn, the author of the film. I'm Alexia Bistefi.

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is a six-part investigation that drops you into Wichita, Kansas in 1977, where a woman named Ruth Finley is receiving threatening, obsessive poems from an unknown stalker. At the exact same time police are trying to track down the notorious serial killer known as BTK. Is Ruth Stalker the same person? Who knows, you will have to listen to find out.

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In this episode you'll hear the beginning of Ruth's story. How the poem started, how they escalated, and how a small town case became tangled up with one of the most notorious killers in American history. Now here's the episode. For the first time in a long time, Ruth Finley was home alone.

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