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Morning Cup of Murder

110: The Trailside Killer - August 19 2019 - Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com When you think California you think sunny vacation spot. But, with the Zodiac killer active through the 60s and 70s, California became a place where many didn’t feel safe. And, on August 19th 1979 a new serial killer dubbed the Trailside Killer took his first victim, sending California into terror once again. David Carpenter’s First Victim (1979) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram:  @kbiemesderfer * ** ***Information for this podcast was collected from the following source(s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carpenter https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/carpenter-david-joseph.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I found my great-grandma Annie in the 1921 census on ancestry. I discovered she was widowed

0:35.9

in the First World War, living in York, raising six children

0:39.7

all by herself.

0:41.5

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more records free until the 9th of March. Terms apply. There were two more murders. 15 miles

1:02.5

when we survive by one investigator is reminiscent of a weird religion.

1:09.7

When you think California, you think sunny vacation spot.

1:15.2

But with the Zodiac Killer active through the 60s and 70s, California became a place

1:20.4

where many didn't feel safe.

1:22.5

And on August 19, 1979, a new serial killer dubbed the Trailside Killer, took his first victim,

1:30.4

sending California into terror once again.

1:33.5

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

1:38.2

morning cup of murder.

1:42.9

David Carpenter had the textbook childhood of a serial killer.

1:47.0

He was born on May 6, 1930, to an abusive alcoholic father and a domineering mother.

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