Robert Hansen, the Butcher Baker | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight on True Crime Sleep Stories, we explore the life and crimes of Robert Christian Hansen, the Anchorage baker known as the “Butcher Baker.”
The shy Iowa native built a normal life in Alaska: bakery owner, family man, bush pilot, and avid hunter. From the early 1970s to 1983, he abducted dozens of women, mostly sex workers and dancers, chained and assaulted some in a hidden basement space at home, and released others under threats.
Over 30 survived.
At least 17 (likely more) did not.
He flew or drove them to remote wilderness, released them as prey, and hunted them with rifle and knife, burying bodies and keeping trophies.
The case broke in 1983 when survivor Cindy Paulson escaped his basement and fled from an airport. Her story, ballistics, and a secret map led to his arrest and confession.
Hansen received 461 years without parole and died in prison in 2014.
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