I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Grim Sleeper
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In November of 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man in a souped-up orange pinto offers her a ride. Soon after getting into the car, the driver, Lonnie Franklin, shoots the young passenger point blank in the chest. By this time, he had already committed a string of grisly murders in the city. Enietra recounts in her own words her resilience and keen insights that helped her outwit the would-be murderer.
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| 0:00.0 | This program contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners. |
| 0:04.3 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:06.9 | Police say Lonnie Franklin is the notorious grim sleeper serial killer who terrorized South |
| 0:12.3 | Los Angeles for nearly two decades. |
| 0:15.0 | Franklin was one of the most evil serial killers ever. |
| 0:19.5 | He enjoyed inflicting pain on people and seeing them suffer. |
| 0:23.6 | I get in the car. |
| 0:25.6 | All of a sudden, he shot me point blank in my chest. |
| 0:29.6 | He is doing this to satisfy his sick desires. |
| 0:34.6 | I started fighting to get up and he was pushing me down. |
| 0:38.2 | And I just slumped against the seat. |
| 0:40.5 | Oh, shit. |
| 0:42.0 | He's trying to kill me. |
| 0:44.4 | Real people who faced death and lived to tell how. |
| 0:48.6 | This is I survived, a serial killer. I am Anita Margette, and I survived a serial killer. |
| 1:03.0 | In 1988, I was 27 years old living in South LA. |
| 1:09.0 | And I was doing the home health care at the time. |
| 1:12.6 | It was a Saturday. |
| 1:14.6 | It was like 5.30 in the evening. |
| 1:16.6 | I was walking over to my friend Linda's house. |
| 1:19.6 | We were going to go to a party. |
| 1:21.6 | I was walking past the store that's on the corner. |
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