The Grim Sleeper: Lonnie Franklin Jr. *PART 1* (Re-VAMPED Archive EP)
Black True Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Los Angeles in the 80s was an extremely dangerous place to be if you were a woman, specifically a black woman. Not only did you have to find a way to support yourself and your family at a time when unemployment was at an all time high, but you had to worry about making it back home safely every day because there were MULTIPLE serial killers active at the time, that specifically targeted black women.
Some were caught quickly, and others were able to murder for years, even decades. So JOIN US as we discuss a murderer who was able to evade capture, for over almost 30 years. A man the media dubbed, the Grim Sleeper. (aka Lonnie Franklin Jr.)
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| 0:00.0 | Black Tree Crime is a podcast that researches and discusses murders committed by Black offenders. |
| 0:04.8 | It is a podcast that anyone and everyone is welcome to enjoy, but it may not be enjoyed by anyone and everyone, so listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:14.5 | Now without further ado, this is Blackw Crime. Do not go gentle into that good night. Hello everyone. |
| 0:40.2 | Hi, friends. |
| 0:41.5 | I'm Kayla. |
| 0:42.5 | And I'm Nikki. |
| 0:43.6 | And this is Black True Crime, y'all. |
| 0:47.1 | All day long. |
| 0:49.0 | And if this is your first time, you're the show, friend. |
| 0:51.7 | Welcome and hello. |
| 0:53.1 | Hello and welcome. |
| 1:11.1 | Mm-hmm. Now, this is one of those episodes that we have already done. Well, specifically me, I've already done it. It was the first case that I ever covered on this show. Wow. Uh-huh. First? Uh-huh. Wow. I know. |
| 1:20.1 | But I was like such a like slosh drunk just mush head back then that I couldn't harm your ears with listening to that again. So I decided to re-record it and to re-record it with mom. |
| 1:25.6 | Well, this is going to be my first time hearing it because I never listened to nothing. |
| 1:30.3 | She recorded predate me. |
| 1:32.8 | She's not even allowed because their mouths are just filthy. |
| 1:36.4 | We had no reason to filter them. |
| 1:38.5 | Ugh, yuck. |
| 1:39.8 | So let's just get right into this week's case. |
| 1:42.4 | You guys see it. |
| 1:43.6 | And if you know anything about this person, you know we're in L.A. |
| 1:47.3 | So. |
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