
About this episode
Long before he became known as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo terrorized California communities as the Visalia Ransacker and the East Area Rapist. His crimes escalated over time, yet his knowledge of law-enforcement procedures helped him avoid identification for decades.
Bubba and Pete trace DeAngelo’s progression from calculated burglaries to increasingly violent attacks, his disturbing habit of stealing sentimental possessions and the clues suggesting the offender may have been one of law enforcement’s own. The episode also examines the forensic and genetic-genealogy breakthrough that finally exposed the man behind multiple names and years of terror.
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