I am a former Craigslist killer. AMA.

Hey guys, I’ve never shared my story with anyone, so this is a first. I’m not necessarily looking for sympathy, maybe just a place to dump some of this that I can’t tell anyone else. I want to be completely clear that I am no longer a danger to anyone (and wasn’t even back then in the way you’re all thinking). What I did was something you’ve all likely heard of, and probably never would have guessed that it was so easy until you find yourself in my shoes.<br><br>Throwaway, since I follow this sub. The only people that know about this are my shrink, my (soon to be ex) wife, and now you guys.<br><br>Some backstory: I was married just a few months, and my new wife was pregnant with our first child. We were more or less broke, and I was looking for a way to make some extra money. Back in those days, I was fairly active on Craigslist, and ran across an ad that I’m sure many of you have seen, too.<br><br>The post was something like “Hot single female looking for no strings attached sex! I want you to pester me with messages until I can’t take it anymore, and then when I can’t handle it, I want you to come over and fuck the cum out of me.”<br><br>Well, I’d been newly married only a couple months, wife was pregnant and over the sick as fuck, so I was looking to stray a bit. I responded to the posting, and was blindly accepted without any sort of conversation. In retrospect, this was my first red flag. I sent a few texts (she wanted me to stop at 10), and before I could even send the 10th text, she had already sent me the address and (fake) name attached to the house.<br><br>Fast forward a couple weeks, and we met up. The house was really nice, and she was even more beautiful in person. I was so smitten that I couldn’t even get an errection. We tried multiple times for probably 45 minutes or so, and I just couldn’t bring myself to perform. I didn’t understand why, everything was perfect and I was about to get some of the best strange I’d ever had. Finally, in a last ditch effort, she straddled me, pushed my phone away, and we were finally able to make love. She was amazing in bed, and I couldn’t get enough.<br><br>That night, when one of my friends called to ask how my night went, I couldn’t stop raving about her. Shortly before I met with her, I’d discovered Tinder, and was fairly active, and I would constantly compare her to the other ladies on that list. She was almost a goddess to me, and I couldn’t get enough.<br><br>I stayed with her almost every night that week, and she even started paying me $200 every time we met up. I never turned down that money, as I was still broke, and she never expected me to do anything with it. <br><br>She was so kind, loving, and gentle. She would always try to make sure I was comfortable, and never tried to do anything I didn’t want to do. <br><br>The following Sunday, I got a call from her. It was strange, because in the 6 nights I’d spent with her, she’d never called me. It was always a text message. <br><br>In a somewhat panicked tone, she explained that she’d never done anything like this before, and that she was falling for me. She’d already told her boyfriend about me, and he wasn’t happy. She said that she was going to have to stop seeing me, as things were starting to get bad at home. I tried to protest, but in the end, she said that the decision was final. She’d still had a soft spot for me, and wanted me to come over one last time “just for old times sake.”<br><br>That whole conversation was so strange, that I almost didn’t go that night. But I really couldn’t help myself. I was hooked, and I would have done anything to see her again. <br><br>The last time we met ended in disaster. I got there at about 9, and the house was empty. There were some groceries on the kitchen counter, and I thought nothing of it - figured she’d just gotten there before me. So I waited...and waited...and waited. <br><br>Finally, around 10:30 I heard the garage door open. Before I could do anything, two men entered through the garage. One was about my height, with short dark hair and a well kept beard. The other, however, was who caught my attention. 6’6”, skinny, and dressed in a black suit with a SPF 500 helmet covering his pale face. <br><br>I tried to run, but the first man caught me and held me in place while the tall guy came over to me. I was terrified - I’d literally shit myself. Tall guy grabs me by the throat and starts giggling maniacally. He was so strong, and his grip was like a vice. <br><br>I thought for sure that I was a goner, until the other man started speaking in a language I’d never heard before. Not only did I not know what they were saying, but it wasn’t even in English. It sounded like a cross between Japanese and a bunch of random mouth sounds. Tall guy let me go, and the two of them started arguing. I took this as my chance to leave, and I ran out of that house and down the street at full sprint. <br><br>When I got home, I wrote the whole thing off as my imagination, and tried to forget that it had ever even happened. Reality is that I was scared to death, and didn’t want to think about it anymore. <br><br>The following weekend, I got a call from an unknown number, asking for my name. I told the guy on the phone that I wasn’t going to play along, as one of my friends was notorious for prank calling me. He told me that he was from the local sheriff’s office, and that they were looking for me in connection with a murder inquiry. <br><br>Apparently, the house I’d been to was a real house, but the whole interaction had been a setup. The girl didn’t exist, and the ad was placed by the killer, who had a history of using that method to attract victims. I’d been the only person to have survived an attack from him in over a year. <br><br>That was about 8 years ago. It’s only recently that I’ve been able to talk about it without having a panic attack. <br><br>So, you guys have questions?<br><br>EDIT: Holy shit this blew up faster than I thought it would! I’ll do my best to answer as many questions as I can, but I have to work tomorrow and need some sleep. I’ll try to get to anything I missed tomorrow.<br><br>EDIT2: Since there seems to be a bit of confusion as to whether this happened in the US or not, I’ll say that I am an American, and this all happened in the USA, in the southeastern region. <br><br>Because so many people have been wondering about the killer, I should mention that they never really caught him, and the case is still open. I was able to pick him out of a lineup, and while his DNA and fingerprints were collected from the scene, they didn’t match anyone in any database. He was never caught or identified, and is considered one of the US’s most dangerous serial killers. He is no longer active, and they aren’t really even looking for him anymore. <br><br>There was another similar case in the San Francisco area around the same time, but they aren’t positive it was the same killer. <br><br>Ok guys, that’s all for tonight. Thanks for the support, and thank you all so much for the gold and silver.