Hunter/Hunted: Christopher Dorner - Part 2

DEVIANT

Cold Open Media

Education, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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(PART 2/2) The manhunt is on. In Part 2 of this DEVIANT series, host Dan Szematowicz picks up the story as Christopher Dorner disappears into the mountains of Southern California, triggering one of the largest and most intense police searches in state history. As authorities flood the Big Bear region, search hundreds of cabins, and warn residents to stay inside, Dorner resurfaces in a series of confrontations that prove he is still armed, mobile, and willing to engage law enforcement directly. What follows is a rapidly escalating chain of events that ends in a violence and fire. This episode examines the final hours of the manhunt, the shootout that leaves officers dead and wounded, and the decisions made by law enforcement as the situation spirals toward its conclusion. It also explores the aftermath, including the questions, controversies, and scrutiny that follow the end of the siege. Part 2 completes the story of the Christopher Dorner manhunt, focusing on what happened, how it unfolded, and the lasting impact it left behind. SUPPORT THE SHOW: http://www.deviantpodcast.com Visit DEVIANT's socials: http://www.instagram.com/deviant.podcast http://www.tiktok.com/@deviant.podcast Copyright 2025 Cold Open Media LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm James Patterson. I write way too many books. Welcome to Hungry Dogs. The title comes from my
0:07.1	maternal grandmother, Isabel Zelvis Morris. Nan used to always say, Hungry Dogs Run Faster, James,
0:13.9	and I've been running fast ever since. Here's what will be coming your way soon, and this is a really
0:19.3	terrific list, I think. You'll hear from some incredible people like Stacey Abrams.
0:24.6	Yay.
0:25.6	B.J. Novak.
0:26.9	Yay.
0:27.7	Kathy Bates, Dolly Parton, Josh Gadd, and Pope Leo.
0:32.4	Okay, maybe not Pope Leo.
0:33.7	But who knows?
0:34.4	Maybe he'll show up.
0:35.3	Hungry Dogs Run Faster.
0:37.3	Thank you, Grandma, for turning me into a hopeless, obsessive, compulsive.
0:42.0	Listen to Hungry Dogs with James Patterson. That'd be me on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever
0:49.1	you get your podcast. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
0:57.6	Hey, everybody, this is part two of our exploration of the crimes of Christopher
1:02.8	Dorner. So if you haven't listened to part one yet, make sure to go back and do that.
1:14.3	It's been two days since Christopher Dorner murders Monica Kwan and Keith Lawrence in Irvine,
1:20.8	California.
1:22.2	In almost 12 hours since he shoots and kills Officer Michael Crane nearby in Riverside and Christopher Dorner has disappeared.
1:31.4	A path that begins at least six years prior is getting close to its end.
1:37.2	And for Christopher Dorner, it's been a long path.
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