From Refugee to DA: Thien Ho’s Fight to Bring the Golden State Killer to Justice-WEEK IN REVIEW
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
That’s the real-life journey of Thien Ho, Sacramento County’s District Attorney and author of The People vs. The Golden State Killer. In this Hidden Killers exclusive, Tony Brueski sits down with Ho to unpack the extraordinary story behind both the man and the case: the trauma that drove him, the promise he made to a survivor, and the moment he finally saw justice done.
Ho shares never-before-heard insights into Joseph James DeAngelo’s double life — a police officer by day, a sadistic predator by night — and explains how the prosecution dismantled his decades-long facade of control. He also opens up about his personal mission to shift true crime’s focus away from the monster and toward the heroes: the survivors and investigators who never stopped fighting.
It’s a conversation about justice, redemption, and the moral courage it takes to stand in the face of real evil — and win.
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| 0:00.0 | Looking for a true crime podcast that goes beyond the headlines. |
| 0:03.6 | When I interviewed her 20 years on, she said that Fred told her there were hundreds of bodies buried in Gloucester. |
| 0:11.4 | It's a deeply disturbed love story. |
| 0:14.7 | Join Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt and journalist Helen Fospero on true criminals, |
| 0:22.7 | a weekly deep dive into the cases that shook the world, with insights so shocking they still haunt our imagination today. |
| 0:28.4 | This is True Criminals. Looking for a true crime podcast that goes beyond the headlines. |
| 0:33.6 | When I interviewed her 20 years on, she said that Fred told her there were hundreds of bodies buried in Gloucester. |
| 0:41.3 | It's a deeply disturbed love story. |
| 0:44.3 | Join Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt and journalist Helen Fospero on true criminals. |
| 0:50.3 | A weekly deep dive into the cases that shook the world with insights so shocking |
| 0:55.7 | they still haunt our imagination today. |
| 0:58.5 | This is True Criminals. |
| 1:00.2 | This is Hidden Killers Week in Review. |
| 1:02.6 | I look back at the most prolific stories of the week. |
| 1:05.9 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewstey, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels. |
| 1:15.6 | For decades, a Golden State Killer was the faceless terror of California, a ghost |
| 1:21.5 | who broke into homes, stole innocence, and vanished. When he was finally caught, the courtroom became the one place where the survivors, |
| 1:31.3 | after 40 years, could speak directly to the man who destroyed their lives. |
| 1:36.5 | My guest today isn't just telling that story. |
| 1:38.8 | He lived at Sacramento County District Attorney Tien Ho led the prosecution that finally ended |
| 1:44.0 | the Golden State |
| 1:45.1 | Killer's reign of silence. |
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