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Self-styled Bishop held prayer meetings in 'house of horrors'

On March 25, 1987, Philadelphia police, responding to an emergency call, raided the home of serial killer Gary Heidnik and uncovered a shocking crime scene.

In the basement of his house was a torture chamber with three women chained to a pipe. A fourth had managed to escape and alert authorities.

Heidnik was a former mental patient who had inherited a family fortune and established his own church, appointing himself as Bishop.

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