Have you ever been driving down a highway and seen a hitchhiker, hoping that someone will stop to give them a lift? Did you keep driving because your first thought was "What is that person is a deranged killer?" Well, what if the person who stopped to give that hitchhiker a lift was a killer?

Join Melanie as she takes you through the case of Robert Ben Rhoades, also known as the Truck Stop Killer. In this episode, she'll cover his early years up through the moment before he goes on his final killing spree in January 1990. 

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