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That Chapter Podcast

Hunting John Leonard Orr - Hero Firefighter, Killer Arsonist

That Chapter Podcast

Mike Oh

True Crime

4.97K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

John Leonard Orr was king of arson investigators in California: respected, trusted, the guy who knew it all. But he had a dark ole secret, he loved starting the very fires he investigated, leading to murders, and his... very interesting novel he based on himself. Send your scary stories to: [email protected]  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatchapterpodcast  Business enquires : [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.

0:04.0

Down time can be just fine playing bangers from the 90s.

0:08.0

Tea break.

0:09.0

Lunch break.

0:10.0

Maybe listen to the outbreak.

0:12.0

Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?

0:15.0

It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time,

0:18.0

or time to visit your nan time. on play some other time put your phone down

0:23.8

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1:02.6

Let's begin with Chapter 1, 1988.

1:10.6

Santa Ana wins typically diminish in the late afternoon and become benign breezes into the night.

1:11.3

This hot August evening wasn't typical.

1:14.0

Nobody will ever catch me, Aaron whispered.

1:16.5

It was unlikely that Aaron would ever become a suspect and he knew it.

1:20.5

His time delay devices gave him from a couple of minutes to almost an hour before the fire

1:25.4

actually started after placement.

1:31.2

Aaron had already killed five people in one of his fires.

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