THE GRIM SLEEPER-Victoria Redstall

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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During the mid-1980s, a brutal killing spree began in Los Angeles as several women were murdered, having been sexually assaulted and shot in the chest with the same .25 calibre gun. The man responsible was Lonnie David Franklin Jr. However, his identity wouldn't be revealed for more than 20 years, by which time he had become one of America's most prolific serial killers. At the time, Los Angeles was a city struggling under the weight of racial inequalities and a crack epidemic that was sweeping through its most deprived areas. The victims were black women, and often addicts and sex workers. Many in the communities of South Central felt that these factors all caused a lack of interest on the part of the LAPD in investigating the murders, allowing Franklin to carry on his killing spree undetected. THE GRIM SLEEPER: Talking With America's Most Notorious Serial Killer, Lonnie Franklin-Victoria Redstall

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0:00.0	Locked Tothed Baby-Aid.
0:10.5	You are now listening to True Murder,
0:13.0	the most shocking killers in True Crime History,
0:16.0	and the authors that have written about them.
0:18.5	Gacy, Bundy, Domer, The Night Stalker, BTK,
0:24.0	every week, another fascinating author,
0:26.5	talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in True Crime History,
0:30.5	True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.
0:45.5	Good evening.
0:47.5	During the mid-1980s, a brutal killing spree began in Los Angeles,
0:51.5	as several women were murdered,
0:53.5	having been sexually assaulted and shot in the chest with the same 25-calibre gun.
0:59.5	The man responsible was Lonnie David, Frankl and Jr.,
1:03.5	however, his identity wouldn't be revealed for more than 20 years,
1:06.5	by which time he had become one of America's most prolific serial killers.
1:12.5	At the time, Los Angeles was a city struggling under the weight of racial inequalities
1:17.5	and a crack epidemic that was sweeping through its most deprived areas.
1:22.5	The victims were black women and often addicts and sex workers.
1:26.5	Many in the communities of South Central felt that these factors all caused the lack of interest
1:31.5	on the part of LAPD in investigating the murders,
1:35.5	allowing Franklin to carry on his killing spree, undetected.
1:39.5	The book that we're featuring this evening is The Grim Sleeper,
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