FLOTHE: When you drove up to the house did you see any other cars there at the time? Glenn Flothe, AST. CINDY: And then up here to where I was starting to get it off. If you do exactly what I tell you and don't give me any problem whatsoever, there's going to be no -- you won't get hurt in any way, shape or form," Hansen told troopers, according to news accounts at the time. It must also be mentioned that she and the children were constantly insulted and belittled by Robert, and it wouldnt be surprising to learn that he was physically abusive; there may have been some trauma bonding there as well. OK, well he was taking me from being downstairs to the airport, to go get in his plane, the seat was not in the back seat, it was in the trunk, cause he kept going from the trunk carrying things to fit in the airplane. CINDY: Uh huh. CINDY: He has kind of darkish, brownish hair. Murder in Alaska: Teen Killers In The 80s, Arrest of Robert Hansen: Nothing But the Truth, Sort Of, Darla Hansen: The Better Half of Robert Hansen, Hansen's Past Warranted Property Search - Butcher Baker, A Killer's Turning Point, Badly Missed - Butcher Baker. Eventually his buddys conscience got the better of him, and he confessed his crimes to the police; for his role, Robert was sentenced to three years incarceration. The woman, who was. FLOTHE: OK. And when he pulled up, did you just go get in the car, or did you talk to him I need a cheap laptop, microphones, etc. As part of his plea deal, Hansen agreed to help authorities find the graves of the murdered women. Growing up Robert was scrawny, he had this terrible stutter, and a super bad case of acne; all of this made him the target of bullies everywhere. Cause this motherfucker wasnt getting away with it. If youre very sensitive to that sort of thing (I know that much of my audience is ) then you may wish to skip this one. CINDY: Uh huh. But Cindy could feel California clients and BCs culture were becoming more open and it felt like the right time to be fully herself at work. FLOTHE: So, youre in the car and he pulls a gun out and he handcuffs you. And that, um, I was lucky because usually the other ones stayed a week. We all have the same needs. FLOTHE: And he contacts you at where? But it would be simple psychopaths are master manipulators and first class liars. Sure, no problem, Im like, fine, no problem. Hey, no problem, you know. She left the ADN in October 2018. As broad as that seems, its kind of the plan. CINDY: Yep. FLOTHE: Hairstyle? This is Sunday night or early Monday morning? 2022 Anchorage Daily News. FLOTHE: Number five. Hansens Den (Alaska State Troopers) CINDY: Um hmm. FLOTHE: You think if I showed you some pictures of some cars later on you might be able to pick it out? FLOTHE: Make sure you look through the whole book before you decide. FLOTHE: If you can move your hand away from your face a little bit I want to make sure we get it on the tape recorder, OK? And hes short. And who showed you those pictures? Hudgens: It was so helpful. So its early in the morning Only a dozen bodies were located. "In his mind there were good girls and bad girls.". CINDY: They were a dark brown. My left wrist, right there Feb 12, 2023. And hes about five six, weighs about 170 pounds. What are your thoughts on the reception to Spring Breakers? Time is 8:15. FLOTHE: OK. At an APD station, She explains to detectives that she was abducted and repeatedly raped. CINDY: He wrote it down on a (inaudible). CINDY: Uh huh. I was kinda trippin I really thought (inaudible) CINDY: OK. How was the directing process with Scott Walker? That seemed to be a common enough thing to do, plenty of troubled Americans had moved to Alaska to start a new life, and this worked out splendidly for Robert! 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A metallic green Buick Century. FLOTHE: Friday morning. How do you feel about the final film now that youve seen it? Is this part of a deliberate strategy to develop further as an actress and put the High School 3 image behind? What was your reaction when you first read the script? Its going to have to be a little bit vague on that. Glenn had been involved in the investigation of three murdered women; these victims had obviously been connected, they had all been discovered at least partially nude, theyd been shot with the same type of firearm, and buried in a shallow grave. Like a little Datsun station wagon. Being authentic creates the space for diversity of thought and means drawing on experiences that fall outside the box. I said, fine, we can do it in the car. The remains of an unidentified victim of an Alaskan serial killer who hunted down his victims as if they were game have been exhumed in a bid to establish who she was. In this installment, Cindy talks about and proves her observational powers, in this case related to Robert Hansen's house on Old Harbor Road. I understand youre in early talks for The Kitchen Sink which has been described as a monster genre mash-up. (pause) FLOTHE: How about the glasses? FLOTHE: Youre trying to get out? or debate this issue live on our message boards. Hansen confessed to authorities that he had killed 17. It was very, very eerie and really tough, but John (Cusack) was great. CINDY: Yep. Was it important for you to give the victims a voice in this film? 37 Cindy Paulson Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE Collections Project #ShowUs Creative Insights EDITORIAL VIDEO BBC Motion Gallery NBC News Archives MUSIC BLOG BROWSE PRICING ENTERPRISE VisualGPS INSIGHTS BOARDS CART SIGN IN Images Images Creative Editorial Video Creative Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO In this installment, Cindy talks about being handcuffed by Robert Hansen at gunpoint and identifies his handgun. I thought it was an amazing take on pop culture and where we are today and how the generation is so media-driven and see and be seen. It was just a really interesting take on college students. FLOTHE: What do you mean by a cut in the back? FLOTHE: You drove past the house? And she, uh, cant remember if she wasnt there or she couldnt couldt meet me. They look at them in a very specific way. CINDY: About eleven, eleven-thirty. FLOTHE: Describe this man to me. Buck teeth. FLOTHE: Did he approach you or did you approach him? They told Hansen they had seized his map marked with 17 locations, spots that they believed indicated the locations of bodies. Facebook gives people the power to. Now a bad childhood doesnt excuse cold blooded murder, of course, but it can help shed light on how some people are capable of committing atrocities such as these while the majority of us are not. (inaudible) The horns that were up there, the big ol antler horns, theyre called. "He will not be missed," said Frank Rothschild, the assistant district attorney who tried the case. On June 13, 1983, Hansen offered 17-year-old Cindy Paulson $200 to perform oral sex; when she got into the car, he pulled out a gun and drove her to his home in Muldoon. CINDY: Um hmm. Police soon picked the killer up for questioning, but when it came down to it, a mild mannered baker with a rap sheet was still more believable in the early eighties than a half naked, handcuffed and barefooted teenaged sex worker. He was convicted of just four of the murders in a deal that spared him having to go to trial 17 times. And he said well he was gonna start getting his moneys worth. (Cindy Paulson), Cindy Paulson Published: 09:00 GMT, 4 September 2014 | Updated: 01:18 GMT, 4 December 2016, Alaskan serial killer Robert Hansen, who killed 17 women in the early 1970s and 80s. You know, I was supposed to meet him. The Special Agent had known that this killer would be into collecting trophies from his victims, that he would have very little self worth, and that hed have a burning hatred for women you know, the usual type thing, but to pinpoint this killers stutter is truly astonishing! Learn how your comment data is processed. FLOTHE: Did you have conversation, then, with him on Friday? What Cindy Paulson escaped is mind-numbing. How did you approach your portrayal of Cindy? Investigators have said that in some instances Hansen would rape the women but return them to Anchorage, warning them not to contact authorities. About four stairs to get into the house. If she saw blood, well, that would also have made sense as her husband was a hunter. to start my podcast and YouTube channel. Its another fun, more light-hearted character that the audiences have never seen me do before. ): And we pulled over to the side, by the side of the house, and I proceeded to give him a blowjob. Was it fun watching them go toe to toe? CINDY: OK, well I had got in the car to give the guy a blowjob. Cindy Paulson is Portrayed by Vanessa Hudgens In The Film 17 Year Old Cindy Paulson is handcuffed and screaming for help. Cindy reveals that Hansen flashed some bills at her and that she was entranced by the thought of his money. And he had called me and I slept through it. The killer received a 461-year sentence in February 1984, pleading guilty to four of the murders. Instead he would immediately force her to board his small bush plane, and hed fly her out to a desolate area near Knik River where he would sexually assault her in a little shack which hed occupied there. This is Installment Three of the September 27, 1983, interview of Cindy Paulson by Sgt. A mousy, seemingly easy-natured family man, Hansen admitted to killing 17 woman and raping another 30 over a dozen years in the 1970s and 1980s. FLOTHE: OK. Was it a blue color? The hair on the back of his neck stood up and his neck got red, and he was pissed," Rothschild said in a phone interview Thursday. He was a natural leftie, but forced to become right handed. FLOTHE: What kind of boots? I operated behind a work persona. After we get in the garage we gotta go up these stairs. Required fields are marked *. FLOTHE: OK. That was why [Hansen] kept telling me to lay down. CINDY: Um hmm Required fields are marked *. CINDY: On the corner of Fourth and Denali. The Butcher Baker passed away of natural causes in August of 2014, he lived to be 75 years old. I just wanted to make her as full-hearted as I possibly could. FLOTHE: How did he get in? Can you tell us how that all came about? To the left is the basement. As of 5:30 Saturday afternoon theres a new article available. Its likely that it was around this time that the rapist decided that hed no longer leave behind any victims who could turn him in to the police, and that he would dispose of these women in the best way he knew how. In a police interview after Paulson's escape, she told him she got the feeling other people may live in the house. Like a Datsun Toyota cream-colored car. See if theres anyone in here that you might recognize. Robert Hansen is probably the most prolific serial in recent Alaskan history. We deserve to identify ourselves and our many pieces, both personally and professionally. Required fields are marked *. Cindy later recounted that Robert had offered her $200 bucks for oral sex, and that hed pulled a gun on her just as soon as she stepped inside his vehicle; the teen was driven back to Roberts home where she was chained to a beam by her throat, raped, and tortured for several hours. He said cause he used to work on the slopes and that he would come down and spend money for a girl and go to her room for ten or fifteen minutes. We must find our commonalities through sharing our experiences, spreading awareness, and caring for one another. Paulson told Flothe in her interview, which is published in full on Leland Hale's website, the man who wrote Butcher, Baker: The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer: CINDY: He just said,. Yes, Cindy Paulson is a real person, and as shown in the movie, she was one of the many women who were abducted by Robert Hansen. FLOTHE: Like this? I just want to do everything. Can you tell me a little about your character and the status of that project? But aside from that, he just let me play and take it wherever I wanted. Still, he couldve taken a life before he was busted, who knows? When he was arrested for the sexual assaults, Robert had claimed to have been an innocent man, and she believed what hed told her; shed had her suspicions that her husband may have been a cheater who possibly enjoyed the company of an escort every once in a while, but a woman killer? No comments have so far been submitted. Email khopkins@adn.com. FLOTHE: Was there anything else unusual about the house? In the film inspired by true events, Hudgens character forms an unlikely partnership with Alaska State Trooper, Sgt. CINDY: Well, I didnt. This was a secretive killer who is believed to have taken half of his murders with him to the grave. The only thing which he ever seemed to truly succeed in, the one thing which others commended him for, were his exceptional hunting skills. Hansen grew up in Iowa, the son of immigrant bakers. (laughs) Its my monster of sorts. Be sure and look at all six. Hansen likely would have continued to kill and escape justice if one of his intended victims hadn't escaped. When Hansen drove up to Paulson and propositioned her, she agreed to get into his car. What made you want to do it? Wanted to put some distance between them, in time and space, just in case somebody had seen them together. FLOTHE: I hope not. "You could hear him screaming at his lawyers," Rothschild said. He had already tortured and raped her, and she was still handcuffed when she ran from his car to flag down passing traffic. Since his release from the Iowan prison, Robert had been arrested more than once for crimes such as shoplifting, but somewhere around 71 and 72 he was arrested for having sexually assaulted both a sex worker and a housewife by the names of Patricia Roberts and Susan Heppeard. Hudgens: It depended on the scene. (inaudible) Episode 7: The Frozen Ground. She had been engaging in sex work. Way down on the floor. In order to keep their witness close, the state trooper and his wife befriended the young survivor, then Glenn reached out to the FBI. FRANK ROTHSCHILD (FR): Alright. Okay. FLOTHE: Um hmm. FLOTHE: OK. And hes driving the same car. CINDY: It was a really dark color. It shows just how desolate the area is, these poor women really didnt have a snowballs chance. Eventually Robert did admit to having raped dozens, but would only confess to the murder of 17; he even lead police to the shallow graves of twelve more corpses. Sometime between 71 to 73 Robert began to murder young women. You know, I was supposed to meet him. When he reached the Glenn Highway, he kept driving. FLOTHE: So he takes you to the house. FLOTHE: Youre pointing at Figure Number 21. CINDY: Yes, its real Hell yeah, Im bothered by it. So it was nice to kind of test my own mental and physical strength. FLOTHE: So it had a longer barrel than Did he give you a sense of what he wanted and then get out of the way and let you follow your instincts as an actor? In the 1960s he moved to Anchorage and opened a bakery of his own in a strip mall at Ninth Avenue and Ingra Street. FLOTHE: What did the gun look like? Hudgens: Nothing that I want to talk about quite yet. FLOTHE: OK. Couple find note in chimney that reveals their 290,000 house was 100 times cheaper 50 years ago. CINDY: They look the same. Women were tortured, beaten and assaulted before being blindfolded, with their hands bound behind their backs and told to run. RH: Yes. But after some bodies were found by hunters in the area, investigators re-visited suspects and realized he fit the profile. There was also a collection of newspaper articles about the killer and his missing victims, and a map with little X marks all over it which indicated where hed dumped his victims. She'd noticed women's clothes, toys, and dogs wandering around, according to. Lets touch on this serials background for a minute, because thats important when looking at a killer. He often found his victims among topless dancers and prostitutes in downtown Anchorage. Kidnapped: The True Story of Cindy Paulson, Murder in Alaska: Teen Killers In The 80s, Arrest of Robert Hansen: Nothing But the Truth, Sort Of, Darla Hansen: The Better Half of Robert Hansen, Hansen's Past Warranted Property Search - Butcher Baker, A Killer's Turning Point, Badly Missed - Butcher Baker. All rights reserved. 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