409: The Scientist & the Serial Killer w/ Lise Olsen

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In "The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston’s Lost Boys", investigative journalist Lise Olsen tells the gripping true-crime story behind the “Lost Boys” murders in 1970s Houston, when more than two dozen teenage boys were murdered at the hands of Dean Corll, nicknamed the “Candy Man”, and his young accomplices. Through years of investigation, research and interviews, Olsen follows forensic anthropologist Sharon Derrick’s quest to identify the victims and bring them home. The author's website: http://www.liseolsen.com The author on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liseolsenauthor/ The author on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/lisedigger The author on Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/liseolsen.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.6	My guest today, Lisa Olson, is an investigative reporter, editor, and author based in Texas.
1:42.6	She is currently Investigations Editor at the Texas Observer and previously
1:48.9	served as Deputy Investigations editor for the Houston Chronicle. Her first book,
1:55.6	Code of Silence, won the Texas Institute of Letters Car Ppe Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction
2:03.5	and the investigative reporters and editors book award in 2022.
2:09.7	Her second book out this past April is the subject of our discussion today
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