S2 Ep25: The Hillside Stranglings

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The first body discovered on a California hillside in late 1977 didn't make much news, but as the body count kept growing, so did the headlines -- and the sense of panic. The slayings, soon dubbed by the media as the work of the "Hillside Strangler," had Los Angeles-area women on edge day and night. It wouldn't be until a pair of similar murders occurred in Washington state that LA police would finally get a big break in the terrifying case.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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0:19.8	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they earn the label crime of the century.
0:34.5	But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today.
0:42.5	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author. And in each episode of this show, I'll examine a case
0:49.3	that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened. This is crimes of the centuries.
1:11.2	Janking didn't mind taking the bus, not even at night when the characters in downtown Los Angeles
1:16.8	could admittedly get a little sketchy. She sometimes had to fend off unwanted attention,
1:22.4	that comes with the territory when you're a tall slender beautiful blind, but she knew how to
1:27.4	take care of herself. She had just missed a bus so she planted herself on a bench to wait for the
1:32.4	next one. It was November 10, 1977, and Jane had just finished enacting class at one of the church
1:39.0	of Scientology buildings. Soon a young man approached and sat non-threateningly at the other end of
1:45.1	the bench. How long do we have to wait? He politely asked Jane. Probably a little bit since we
1:50.5	just missed the last one, she said. The two started talking. The man said he was new to the area
1:56.4	and seemed relieved to have found someone friendly to chat with. People were nice in LA, but there
2:02.1	were some weirdos too, he confided. It can't be too careful. Then he and Jane started talking about
2:08.5	Jane's acting class, which of course led to some questions about Scientology. The religion found
2:14.0	it by science fiction writer Elron Hubbard, whose book Diagnetics was at its core. The man said he
2:19.8	was curious about learning more. Then a car approached. Kenny, you need a ride? A voice boomed.
2:27.0	The man talking with Jane peered into the car and said, hey, wow, what luck, that's my cousin.
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