ARSONISTS Ep. 3 | John Orr: “The Task Force”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

After the devastating College Hills brush fire in June 1990, and series of fires in December 1990 and March 1991, the ATF and the LAFD form a task force to catch the serial arsonist who has plagued California for years. The task force believes Glendale arson investigator John Orr is the suspect, and the task force begins a long and difficult investigation to catch him. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.9	Participating restaurants, subjects availability. Captain Marvin Casey, an arson investigator for the Bakersfield Fire Department, an hour and a half north of Los Angeles, felt an odd sense of excitement in March 1989.
1:08.2	He had been searching for a serial arsonist for two years, though his search had been reduced
1:13.1	to nothing but waiting and watching shortly after it started.
1:17.3	Over a three-day period in 1987, an arsonist had set seven fires in three different cities
1:23.6	in central California, the third of which was Bakersfield. Captain Casey had developed a
1:29.4	scary theory. He thought it was very possible that the arsonist was a member of law enforcement
1:35.0	or the fire service. The seven fires had coincided with an arson investigation conference
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