EP38 "A K-Mart Exorcism": the Incredible Survival Story of Margy Palm

Before this episode, we had never even heard of Stephen Morin, or as law enforcement would eventually dub him: "The Chameleon Killer". He would completely change his "look" and his name, hopping from state to state and preying upon as many as 48 victims before he was finally apprehended in December 1981.

While fleeing San Antonio police for a murder he'd committed that morning, he made the decision to abduct a 32-year-old woman name Margy Palm at gunpoint in her own SUV from a KMart parking lot. If his previous MO was any indicator of her likely fate, things looked pretty grim for Margy. Until, with a gun jammed into her ribs and a wild-eyed Stephen Morin promising that she would be dead before the day was over, Margy decided to lay her hands on him and start praying. This is a wild ride campers,

SOURCES:

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/08/the-serial-killer-and-the-texas-mom-who-stopped-him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQBHMsGl5I

https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/chameleon

1990's Interview with Margy Palm about Stephen Morin Abduction on "Heroes Of the Faith", Posted by Dean Rhodes: youtube.com/watch?v=4NuuOm-Mf20

1990's Interview with Margy Palm about Stephen Morin Abduction for "Focus On the Family" w/Dr.James Dobson posted by Greg Apologia: youtube.com/watch?v=aQOrA5efPfM