Sometimes, you don’t want to just visit the beautiful beaches, the theme parks, and the tourist traps. The “well manicured” - and sanitized - story of a place. Sometimes you want to go deeper… and darker.

Because the darkest moments in history often have a lot to say about the places where they happened. 

This is Killer Trip.  

Each episode, host and Cerca Co-founder, Dominique Ferrari invites you to take a look at just how the darkest of crimes can leave their mark on cities as well as people.

The Killing of John Lennon and his love of New York City, The disappearance of Jean McConoville in Belfast, a city torn apart, the twisted horror of Dr. Satan in WWII Paris, and the story of Jack the Ripper’s London from an angle you have never heard before.

Welcome to Killer Trip.

Where the crime is only the beginning of the story.

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When John Lennon was shot, it was more than a murder. For a lot of people, it was more than a man who died. It was an idea. A vision of a better world, one of peace and kindness and harmony. The fact that he was struck down in such a violent way, said everything about the kind of world we were actually living in. And it wasn’t the world he was trying to inspire us towards. 

John Lennon came to New York City to find community with the kind of eclectic, artistic misfits he felt most at home with. And to find a bit of anonymity after a youth spent in the public eye. But in the end, it was that anonymity - that easy access - that cost him his life. This is a story about fame, fake news, and fate - which all combined on one awful night in NYC to change the history of music forever.  

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In late August, 1888, a series of violent and barbarous murders began in London. Women mutilated so badly, their crime scenes are still described as some of the worst ever seen. This was the autumn of Jack the Ripper.

But Jack the Ripper’s rampage didn’t simply happen in London. It happened because of London and, in turn, it would truly change London forever - from street names to the rapid innovation of CSI to the living standards of London’s poorest to, literally, things like street lights. The crimes of Jack the Ripper are some of the most consequential murders in history. And we’re going to find out why. 

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