January 15, 2019 ▸ People, True Crime

Episode 358: Todd Kolhepp – Your Average American Monster

On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look into some True Crime and discuss the murder spree of a man named Todd Kolhepp. Todd Kolhepp doesn’t get the infamy or big buzz of your typical serial killer, but he killed plenty of people and did some really nasty stuff. Maybe he’s too new to make the killer hall of fame (he just got sentenced last year), and maybe it was his unique choice of murder weapon (well, unique for a serial killer anyway), but this guy was sick from teenage years on and ticked all the boxes when he was a kid.

So who is Todd Kolhepp? He was a Florida man, born there and raised in the south. He had a strange relationship with his mother and father, who divorced when he was a small child. His time was then split between parents and a stepfather who he didn’t care for, and he grew up violent and angry. He killed animals, like you do, and when he finally got to spend time living with his dad, he learned his father’s favorite pass time—collecting weapons and making improvised explosives!

When he was 15 years old, his true colors finally shone through. He kidnapped a 14 year old girl, tied her up at gunpoint, raped her, and then walked her home telling her he’d kill her siblings if she told her parents. She told her parents. Todd Kohlepp did 14 years for that one and had to register as a sex offender.

While in prison, he was deemed to be intelligent but impossible to redeem. He got a degree while on the inside and once freed in 2001, he got another degree and a real estate license that he lied to obtain. He was considered one of the most successful realtors in his area and had a large staff working under him in a seemingly normal life. He had a girlfriend for ten years, and everything was fine.

Well, that is if by fine, you mean he started to murder people. One time, he was in a motorcycle shop trying to return a motorcycle he didn’t know how to ride. The staff laughed at him, and he went back the next day and shot them all dead. Then there was the time he killed to contractors working on his property and buried their bodies on site. Oh, and there was the time he bought 100 acres of land and shipping container to use as a rape house. And don’t forget when he shot a girl’s boyfriend and then chained her up and raped her twice a day for a few months until he was caught.

So, why did he only kill with a pistol unlike most serial killers? Why don’t we think he’s actually a serial killer? How many other people did he kill? Was he also a bank robber? How did his girlfriend find out she was supposed to be his next victim? Where to hacking a Facebook account and writing Amazon user reviews of murder weapons come into play in his trial? Listen, laugh, learn.

Amazon Reviews: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3912382/South-Carolina-serial-killer-Todd-Kohlhepp-left-chilling-Amazon-reviews.html