San Francisco John Doe #60

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On June 15th, 1985, the body of a young man was found in San Francisco's SoMa district.

Despite being unable to learn the man's identity, police quickly discovered that the young man had been tortured and mutilated before his death. Just days after his discovery, the Santa Ana Orange County Register declared that the victim had been "bled to death and that he was butchered in ritualistic fashion in a type of devil-worship ceremony."

Two years later, a violent convict confessed to having covered up the crime for his former-lover and roommate. The following investigation and trial would unearth a cult that had been preying on San Francisco's most vulnerable... or did both fall prey to the decade's rampant Satanic Panic?

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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MusicCredits

ROZKOL - "The Fruit Will Rot"

Percival Pembroke - "North Atlantic Treaty Organization"

Rec008 - "Contemplation"

Sergey Cheremisinov - "Sleepwalker IV"

Other original music created & composed by Ailsa Traves

Transcript

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0:00.0	On June 15, 1985, a body was found in San Francisco, in the south of Market Area, often
0:15.2	abbreviated as the Soma District.
0:17.9	The body of a young homeless man was found wedged underneath the tractor trailer of a semi-truck,
0:23.3	the victim, a Caucasian man of slight build, stood around 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed
0:29.3	around 130 pounds.
0:31.7	He had been wrapped inside a blanket before being left in the streets.
0:35.8	Alone, this would already be creepy, if not downright terrifying, but to make matters
0:41.2	worse.
0:42.2	The victim had been statistically tortured and killed.
0:46.2	When the discovery was announced in the press, the relatively local Santa Ana Orange County
0:51.0	Register declared, quote,
0:53.6	police say the man was blood to death and that he was butchered in ritualistic fashion
0:57.7	in a type of devil worship ceremony.
1:01.1	Police reports would note the following injuries to the body of the deceased.
1:05.2	His hands had been bound behind his back with guitar string.
1:09.1	Several burn marks were noted on his neck.
1:11.8	Candle wax had been poured into his right eye.
1:14.6	An upside down pentagram had been carved into his chest.
1:18.1	His chest and neck had been slashed multiple times with a knife.
1:22.1	His genitals had been mutilated and his lower lip had been cut open.
1:27.2	It would be noted in following reports that his lip had been purposefully split in order
1:32.5	for the responsible party to consume the victim's blood.
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