Chester 'The Southside Slayer' Turner: PART 1 (ARCHIVED EP)
Black True Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 12 June 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
For more than a decade, Chester Turner escaped notice amid the largest crime wave in the history of Los Angeles, when killings, concentrated primarily in South LA, sometimes topped 1,000 a year.
“I knew he had problems,” said a long time friend, “— but I never thought he would go out and kill people.” JOIN US as we discuss the life, sociopathic tendencies, and the horrific crimes of Chester Turner, the Southside Slayer.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi guys and welcome to something new that we are trying out here on the show. |
| 0:04.7 | Every Tuesday we will be releasing an archived episode for you guys to enjoy, including any case |
| 0:10.1 | updates that may be available. |
| 0:12.0 | Now, don't worry, you will get your brand new case every single week still. |
| 0:16.5 | But in the meantime, you can enjoy these classic cases that we've covered on the show. |
| 0:20.8 | So without further ado, let's get started classic cases that we've covered on the show. |
| 0:24.4 | So without further ado, let's get started with this week's case. |
| 0:29.3 | Black Tree Crime is a podcast that researches and discusses murders committed by Black offenders. |
| 0:36.3 | It is a podcast that anyone and everyone is welcome to enjoy, but it may not be enjoyed by anyone and everyone. |
| 0:38.5 | So listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:11.0 | Now without further ado, this is Black True Crime. Hey guys. Thank you again for coming back and tuning in. I really just want to dive right into this stuff. It's a doozy. It may be multiple parted. |
| 1:13.0 | And I'm excited about it. |
| 1:15.3 | So let's get started. |
| 1:17.4 | For more than a decade, Chester Turner escaped notice amid the largest crime wave in the history of Los Angeles. |
| 1:23.6 | When killings concentrated primarily in South L.A. |
| 1:29.8 | Sometimes topped 1,000 a year. |
| 1:35.7 | I knew he had problems, said a longtime friend, but I never thought he would go out and actually kill people. Join us as we discussed the life, the sociopathic tendencies, and the horrific |
| 1:42.3 | crimes of Chester Turner, also known as the South Side Slayer. |
| 1:47.3 | Chester Duane Turner was born November 5, 1966, in Warren, Arkansas. He moved to Los Angeles |
| 1:54.3 | in 1971 when he was five and his parents split up. And when he first moved down there, |
| 2:00.0 | well, over there, the West Coast, |
| 2:02.0 | he blended in sharing a modest one-story bungalow in the 600 block of West Century Boulevard with |
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