The Hollywood Ripper: Terror in Tinseltown

The Casual Criminalist

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True Crime

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Hollywood Ripper: From Chicago to California, Michael Gargiulo stalked, stabbed, and slaughtered for thrill alone. Three murdered, one survivor, and a trail of chilling evidence that finally sealed his fate. Sponsor: shopify.com/casual - start your $1 per month trial today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, already, welcome back to another episode of The Casual Criminalist. I, as always, I'm your host. Welcome, welcome today. The Hollywood Ripper, written by Matt, thank you so much, Matt. The format of the show, if you're brand new here have been saddled with the moniker of Ripper,
0:27.3	a designation usually reserved for the worst of the worst, demons in human skin, many of which we have
0:32.4	already covered on this channel, at least three written by yours truly, and of course we're here to
0:36.8	speak about another example
0:38.1	today, brilliance.
0:39.5	Cheery Wednesday afternoon for Simon.
0:42.3	In the early 2000s, Monster reared its head on the west coast of the USA.
0:46.9	Doing his best to stay under the radar, he managed to kill three women and terribly wound
0:50.8	one, all for the simple thrill of it.
0:53.1	They never hurt him, they never wronged him,
0:55.1	and yet they deserve to die for, in his mind, his dark pleasure. So, as the Evers swallows
1:01.2	it again, let's jump back over 20 years, which is only 2006, because I'm old.
1:06.4	Perhaps even further than that, and talk about a worm of a man who left a bloody mark on
1:10.5	California's sunny shores.
1:12.8	This is the story of the Chiller Killer.
1:14.7	This is the tale of the Hollywood Ripper.
1:17.6	What could he make up a name on, his mind on a name, Hollywood Ripper, Chiller Killer?
1:21.6	Why can't we just call him the dickhead?
1:23.2	I never get this.
1:24.1	Why do we have to give serial killers cool names?
1:26.6	A Slaying in Hollywood. I never get this. Why do we have to give serial killers cool names?
1:29.7	A Slaying in Hollywood.
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