Golden State Killer Prosecutor Thien Ho Reveals What Joseph DeAngelo Was Really Like Behind the Scenes
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this exclusive conversation, Tony Brueski goes behind the headlines with Ho, the man who stood across the courtroom from one of America’s most elusive serial predators. From the whispered “crazy act” DeAngelo tried to pull in the interrogation room to the frail performance he staged in court, Ho explains how the prosecution saw through every layer of manipulation.
But this story isn’t about glorifying a killer — it’s about the survivors. Ho shares how he centered their voices, the emotional weight of their impact statements, and the unforgettable moment one woman told DeAngelo, “I’m not afraid of you anymore.”
The People vs. The Golden State Killer gives us the first insider look at the battle between truth and illusion — and how one prosecutor helped make history by exposing the evil hiding behind a mask of normalcy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:08.0 | We're talking with Tin Howe. He's the author of The People versus the Golden State Killer, |
| 0:15.9 | and also the DA who helped prosecute the Golden State Killer several years back. |
| 0:23.5 | I want to ask, because I think a lot of people are wondering, I was wondering, because it's been a |
| 0:28.6 | few years since I've done anything on the case. Obviously, a lot of it has wrapped up and he's in his cage. |
| 0:33.9 | But as we were just talking, he looked so frail and so fragile in court. |
| 0:40.0 | We've now obviously learned that that was all in act. |
| 0:45.4 | A few years later now, he's 79 years old, I believe. |
| 0:50.5 | What can you reveal about what this guy is like today in prison? |
| 0:56.8 | He received multiple life without the possibility parole sentences. |
| 1:01.9 | And so he's not getting out of prison. |
| 1:03.1 | So he's in prison down in the Central Valley. |
| 1:05.9 | He's in what we call the protective needs unit. |
| 1:08.5 | That unit has other child molesters and rapists and snitches. |
| 1:14.0 | And they're separated together because if you put them in G-pop or general population, |
| 1:20.9 | they're going to get killed. Dommer was killed because he was a sexual predator. |
| 1:28.2 | And those sexual predators are not only looked upon in prison. |
| 1:32.3 | Plus, if you can kill somebody like a Golden State killer or Jeffrey Dahmer, you're |
| 1:37.6 | going to gain notoriety. |
| 1:39.0 | So they put him in this protective needs unit. |
| 1:41.3 | He works in the mess hall in the cafeteria. |
| 1:47.4 | But what I do know, and what I have been told is that he is constantly looking over his shoulder, worried and terrified that somebody's going to |
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