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100: Joel Rifkin: The Ripper of New York City

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A Memoir of a Man's Depression

Joel was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer in august of 19 87. After his father's funeral, he fell into a dark depression that would only worsen overtime. Night after night, he return to the neighborhood and picked up prostitutes. In march of 19 89, his emotions finally detonated. He left the house one night around ten o'clock p m. And he cruised down to manhattan's east village. That's where he found a young woman only known as susy working the streets. She promised she would have sex with him, but only stopped at a few places to purchase crack before going back to long island. When they got back to the family

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