About this episode
Reporter Hannah Knowles reveals a portrait of a fragmented and indifferent criminal justice system that for decades allowed the country’s deadliest serial killer to target those on the margins of society. Read more: America’s deadliest serial killer went undetected for decades. Between 1970 and 2005, he claims to have killed at least 93 people — nearly all women, many who remain unidentified. For months, a team of reporters at The Post has been investigating Samuel Little’s killings — of people who lived on the margins of society, whose murders police failed to connect and solve . Subscribe to The Washington Post: postreports.com/offer