He killed his wife and two children in Archie, Missouri, in 1891, and then disappeared. A lucky break led to his capture and return to Missouri, and that led to even more revelations into what an evil and self-important man Edward Bates Soper really was. Hear about a Missouri serial killer many have never heard of, and what a state forensic psychiatrist has to say about his state of mind.
Edward Bates Soper's story takes us from Archie, Missouri to what is today Portland, Oregon, and back, in one cold, calculating turn after another.
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