00:00What this famous singer did can't be forgiven.
00:03During the 1950s, there was a man named Mike Raphone,
00:06who was a famous singer on the rise with hit songs like Dancing in the Drive-In and The Sunday Shuffle.
00:12In 1955, Mike announced his first ever tour that would begin that same year.
00:18The tour consisted of 50 shows with one in each U.S. state, and it would be a major success.
00:23After the tour was over, investigators found concerning evidence that connected Mike with some serious crimes.
00:31Behind the scenes, investigators were looking for a suspect they called the Rubber Duck Man,
00:36who took the lives of over 50 people around the United States and would always leave a small rubber ducky at the scene.
00:43What caught investigators' eyes was that the dates and locations matched the crimes perfectly with the tour.
00:49Another thing that was odd to them was that his number one song at the time was called Rubber Ducky Surprise,
00:55which they believe wasn't coincidental.
00:57In 1956, they raided Mike's home and found a room inside that was filled with just rubber duckies,
01:02but Mike was nowhere to be seen.
01:04A warrant for his arrest was sent out, and it quickly became national news.
01:10Mike was in the recording studio when he found out that they were looking for him,
01:13and he quickly went into hiding.
01:14That following week, a waitress at a local diner recognized him,
01:19even though he was wearing a fake mustache in disguise,
01:22and she quietly contacted the authorities.
01:25After just a few minutes, the diner was surrounded, and Mike was arrested.
01:28He was later sentenced to life in prison, but later passed away after an incident in the prison showers.
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