Well, hello, beautiful crime and coffee couple listener. It's Mike here and I wanted to give you a bonus episode. It's American Criminal. It's a true crime history podcast from the studio behind American scandal and American history tellers. And every week, they go deeper into riveting stories of the country's most clever, craven and cruel criminals, which is fantastic because we love alliteration. So this specific episode we're bringing you, it's about Halloween.

American criminals bringing you three tales of real crimes with a spooky twist.

A masked trick-or-treat slayer, a real-life killer candy man, and a house so haunted it caused

the brutal murders of an entire family.

And today we're bringing you episode one of American Criminals Halloween horror series,

the Trick-or- or treat murder. Enjoy.

It's Halloween night, 1957, and in Sun Valley, California, Community Street is quiet and still.

On the corner, a dark green sedan is parked outside number 13236.

43-year-old Goldine Pizer is in the passenger seat staring out the window.

She's been sitting here for hours.

When she first arrived, there were a few late trick-or-treaters still wandering around the neighborhood. But now it's empty. And still,

Goldine waits. Her eyes trained on the house across the wide lawn. Her reddish curls are

swept neatly back from her face,

her carefully manicured nails drumming against her thighs. It's right around 11 p.m. when it happens.

The windows in the house all go dark. Goldine feels her heartbeat pickup. This is it. It's her time.

She reaches down to open the paper bag at her feet,

pulling out a pair of red gloves and a black domino mask.

She fits the mask onto her face, covering the area around her eyes.

With the bright gloves, she almost looks like a comic book superhero.

But Goldine Pizer isn't here to save anyone.

Properly disguised, she grabs the paper bag, gets out of the car, and takes a deep breath.

She scans the street to make sure no one's around, then walks across

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