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title: "John Edward Robinson: The Internet's First Serial Killer"
description: "The shocking true story of John Edward Robinson, the conman turned serial killer who used the early internet to lure victims as \"SlaveMaster\" in BDSM chat rooms."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/john-edward-robinson-internet-first-serial-killer.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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---

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The shocking true story of John Edward Robinson, the conman turned serial killer who used the early internet to lure victims as "SlaveMaster" in BDSM chat rooms.
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