The Balcony Strangler Serial Killer | Russell Maurice Johnson (Episode 22)

During the 1970’s, the cities of London, Ontario and Guelph, Ontario were plagued by a series of strange and horrifying murders. One woman was found to have been killed in her apartment but police were not able to find any signs of forced entry or even a struggle. Not long after, another woman was murdered in her apartment in an almost identical way. And then another. The police began to suspect a serial killer was in their midst. He was dubbed by the media as “The Bedroom Strangler”. But what would shock police even more, was when they found out the killer had already gotten away with murder, multiple times. The Bedroom Strangler would turn out to be one of Canada’s most violent and prolific serial killers. But how exactly did he pull it off without being detected?