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The Casual Criminalist

Flashback to The Real-Life Harley Quinn

The Casual Criminalist

Cloud10

True Crime

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

In this flashback episode, we are in the late 1970s where the Hillside Strangler had been captured, and two men now awaited trail. But one of them, Kenneth Bianchi, had a plan for escaping a life sentence - fake a Hillside Strangler attack, complete with DNA. Enter Veronica Compton, Bianchi's own Harley Quinn. Firmly under Bianchi's spell, she would go on to attempt to kill another woman before being caught by the police and ruining Bianchi's plans. Sponsor:  rocketmoney.com/casual - cancel your unwanted subscriptions today and reach your financial goals fast  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.9

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0:20.7

it's become really smart. He suddenly turns on the people who love him most. So what's wrong with Ben Sunday out of nowhere, Ben, who's been treated like family, taught to communicate, has become

0:20.9

really smart. He suddenly turns on the people who love him most. So what's wrong with Ben?

0:25.0

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0:29.9

he's learned against them? Ben isn't just powerful. He's sharp, calculated. He's almost human.

0:34.8

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2:18.3

Honestly, I...

2:20.6

Slightly embarrassing to admit.

2:22.8

I don't know who Harley Quinn is.

2:24.8

Isn't this...

2:26.0

And I'm going to deeply embarrass myself if this is not correct.

2:30.0

Cartoon...

2:30.9

Character?

2:33.2

In a...

2:34.0

Marvel? Something? Wasn't, is this... If this is not related to this at all, I'm like digging my... Like, it's gonna be really embarrassing. Isn't this like Suicide Squad maybe? Which I have no idea what the Suicide Squad is. I've never seen those movies. I heard they were bad. There are also movies I'd never see.

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