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Blood Ties Podcast

S13 Ep16: The Golden State Killer

Blood Ties Podcast

Peter Shevlin

415885, True Crime

4.4668 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

He was the bogeyman of suburban America — a ghost who crept into homes, shattered lives, and vanished into the night. For decades, the Golden State Killer taunted police, leaving behind terrified families and a trail of violence that stretched across California. Rape, murder, stalking — his crimes were monstrous, his arrogance chilling. And yet, he lived quietly among us, a husband, a neighbour, a man who waved on his morning walk.


In this gripping episode of Blood Ties, Geoffrey and Molly Wansell uncover how one of America’s most sadistic predators was finally unmasked — not by luck, but by science. It’s a story of obsession, fear, and justice, decades in the making. The Golden State Killer — humanity at its most horrifying.


CREDITS: 

Presenters: Geoffrey and Molly Wansell

Producer: Peter Shevlin https://pod60.com/

Artwork: George Leigh

Music: Dan Wansell


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0:00.0

He targets middle-class women living alone in one-story houses that offer a route of escape. He often broke in before the rape to, in his sense, case the joint.

0:52.4

He would often bind his victims with shoelaces and sometimes he left them there in preparation.

1:12.9

Hi everyone, it's Molly Wonsall.

1:14.3

And I'm Geoffrey Wonsall.

1:19.2

We're back and we are hoping that you might be able to help us out.

1:21.8

Yes, we're very keen to expand our community.

1:26.2

It's wonderful to be back and we get very, very positive responses.

1:27.9

And I've been very lucky.

1:33.2

I've had lots of messages. But we could do more. And we need your help to do that.

1:38.8

Yeah, we really, we need you to help us. And if you are able to make sure to subscribe or follow the show and to rate and give us a review, that makes a huge difference in getting more people to see the show

1:47.4

and hopefully they'll start listening to because we just want to build on our community.

1:51.7

Yeah, so how do you do it, Mo?

1:53.0

How do you do it?

1:53.8

You just click on the show itself and then scroll down under the episodes and you'll see a place where you can rate and write a rate.

2:00.2

Okay, well, anything you'd like to do, that would be enormous, enormous help to us.

2:05.5

Yeah, and for everyone who's done it so far, thank you so much.

2:08.2

Thank you so much.

2:09.1

And we really, really, really appreciate it.

2:11.3

We really appreciate it. And thank you so much for your support.

2:17.6

Hi, I'm Molly Wonsall.

2:19.2

And I'm Geoffrey Wonsall.

2:20.6

We're a father and daughter, as those of you who listened to Blood Ties in the past will

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