E1: Golden State Killer

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Joseph James DeAngelo was a voyeur, serial killer and rapist in the 1970s and 1980s. He was known as the Golden State Killer, the East Area Rapist, the Visalia Ransacker and the Diamond Knot Killer. Joe DeAngelo was also nicknamed the EAR-ONS, an acronym for East Area Rapist-Original Night Stalker. DeAngelo was responsible for at least 120 burglaries, 51 rapes and 13 murders before familial DNA solved this case in 2018. 

 

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Sources for this episode: 

• (2023) Evil Among Us: The Golden State Killer.

• McNamara, M. et al. (2019) I’ll be gone in the dark: One woman’s obsessive search for the Golden State Killer. New York: Harper Perennial.

• Wickenheiser, R.A. (2019) Forensic genealogy, bioethics and the Golden State Killer Case, Forensic science international. Synergy. Available at: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7219171/

• Tron, G. (2023a) ‘this is not our secret anymore’: Who were the victims and survivors of the Golden State Killer?, Oxygen Official Site. Available at: https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-happened-to-golden-state-killer-survivors-victims-who-were-they 

• The Golden State Killer suspect became part of their family ⁠- and slowly revealed his violent side (2019) Los Angeles Times. Available at: https://www.latimes.com/projects/man-in-the-window-joe-DeAngelo-golden-state-killer-serial/ 

• Unmasking a Killer (2013) Max.

• *CAUGHT* Four Decades Later - Untold Story Of The Golden State Killer | Mystery&Makeup Bailey Sarian (2022) YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BbaiH17hOU

• Staff, I. (2020) Golden State Killer confronted by surviving victims during impact statements: ‘he stole my innocence’, Inside Edition. Available at: https://www.insideedition.com/golden-state-killer-confronted-by-surviving-victims-during-impact-statements-he-stole-my-innocence.