A five-star true-crime read. Pick up a copy: https://amzn.to/392UM1h This is the only book-length work by Michelle McNamara that was published posthumously. There is a related podcast and a docuseries on HBO.

Known as the Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist, or Original Night Stalker; the Golden State Killer is a serial killer, serial rapist, burglar, and former police officer guilty of 13 murders, 50 rapes, and 120 known burglaries in three one-man crime sprees across California between 1973 and 1986. Part of his behaviour includes obscene phone calls, hang-up calls before and after the crime, stalking, and possibly written threats or taunts. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 72 years old, was arrested for these crimes in April 2018 and given more than 12 life sentences.

I first heard of the Golden State killer after listening to an episode of the Generation Why podcast: https://podbay.fm/p/the-generation-why-podcast/e/1447693531

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