Patrick covers a bizarre tale of murder where art meets real life in the story of Paul Bateson. How does a killer end up in a horror movie? How do the murders of 6 gay men go unsolved? How is Bateson used as a possible scapegoat for those murders? And what the hell does Al Pacino have to do with all of this? Listen to find out!

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SOURCES:

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a23724262/paul-bateson-the-exorcist-murderer-true-story/

http://www.back2stonewall.com/2020/07/lgbt-gay-history-vs-mindhunter-paul-bateson-whats-right-whats-wrong-and-what-you-dont-know.html

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Bateson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bateson

https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/the-silver-screen-serial-killer-75d5c11a4d82

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