Episode 189: The Hillside Strangler PT 1

On this week’s episode, Kate and Paul investigate the Hillside Strangler case, which terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. As bodies are discovered across the city, investigators work to connect the murders and identify the person responsible.

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Sources:

Ali, Lorraine. “How the Hillside Strangler Case Helped Make L.A. ‘Serial Killer Capital of America.’” Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2022. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-08-02/hillside-strangler-devil-in-disguise-peacock

Bardsley, Marilyn. “Buono and Bianchi, the Hillside Stranglers.” Crime Library (blog). February 9, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20150209235058/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/stranglers/rampage_1.html

Feddeler, Joanne. “The Hillside Stranglers.” Serial Killer Calendar (blog). N.d. https://serialkillercalendar.com/THE-HILLSIDE-STRANGLERS.php

Gewertz, Catherine. “The Hillside Strangler Case, The Longest Criminal Trial.” UPI. January 10, 1984. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/01/10/The-Hillside-Strangler-case-the-longest-criminal-trial-in/1461442558800/

McClary, Daryl C. “After He Murders Two Bellingham Women, Police Arrest Serial Killer Kenneth A. Bianchi on January 12, 1979.” History Link (blog). July 26, 2008. https://www.historylink.org/file/8613

O’Brien, Darcy. Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers. New American Library, 1985.

Oliver, Mark. “The Hillside Stranglers, The Predators Who Raped and Murdered 10 Victims.” Edited by John Kuroski. All That’s Interesting (blog). May 13, 2023. Updated June 7, 2023. https://allthatsinteresting.com/hillside-strangler

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