Announcing: Crimes of the Times, Season 4

Crimes of the Times

L.A. Times Studios

Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles, La Times, Los Angeles Times, True Crime, Chris Goffard, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 42.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

On this season of Crimes of the Times, Los Angeles Times journalist Christopher Goffard explores criminal cases that have left a mark on California history. This season’s stories include new developments in the Black Dahlia and Zodiac cases, the snitch scandal that rocked Orange County, the plight of the Japanese American woman known as Tokyo Rose, and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

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0:00.0	The Black Dahlia murder of 1947 is arguably California's most notorious unsolved case.
0:07.9	Its only rival might be the Zodiac murders a generation later.
0:12.9	Now, an amateur sleuth is attracting attention with the claim that the same killer is responsible for both cases.
0:20.2	I'm Christopher Gafford, host of Crimes of the Times.
0:23.3	Check out our new season on YouTube
0:24.7	and listen to it on Apple, Spotify,
0:27.5	or wherever you get your podcasts.

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