Name Dropper, Part III, Real Genius
Human remains found in a Los Angeles area backyard lead investigators back to Siegsdorf, Germany and Greenwich, Connecticut in their search for a miss...
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True Crime and more from ground zero in Los Angeles where the Night Stalker, the Grim Sleeper and other murderous criminals roamed in the shadows of Reagan era Cold War politics, the ever-expanding AIDS epidemic, racism and the emergence of a new landscape among Hollywood studios.
Name Dropper, Part II: "Brewster's Millions"
A young couple is missing in California and the man suspected of killing of them turns up in Connecticut and New York and is now identifying himself a...
Name Dropper, Part I: Money For Nothing
In February 1985, Linda and John Sohus, an aspiring artist and her computer-savvy husband, went missing in an upscale suburban Los Angeles neighborhoo...
The Night Stalker, Part III: To Live and Die in LA
Police are closing in on the Night Stalker, but even with dozens of clues, the serial predator continues to elude capture. Los Angeles is gripped in f...
The Night Stalker, Part II: A View to a Kill
As The Valley Intruder continues killing, police discover several clues that link various crime scenes and learn that there is a satanic bent to the k...
The Night Stalker, Part I: Blood Simple
St. Patrick's Day 1985 saw two brutal murders take place just miles apart in LA. Investigators would later learn they were the work of a drifter ...
The Grim Sleeper
Even as Night Stalker Richard Ramirez terrorized suburban Los Angeles residents with his sexual sadism and brazen break-ins, another serial killer was...
New Year's Day
The '85 Rose Parade was a triumphant moment for the young lady who was named its queen. Nonetheless, the announcement of selection exposed some ...
Back to the Future
Hosted by True Crime author Frank Girardot and Award-winning L.A.-based independent journalist Sarah Favot. This first episode of LA85 gives the cand...