Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of murder and assault

that some people may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

On the 1st of July, 1977, police receptionist Linda Gutterutterut

was watching the thermometer reach 94 degrees. As she finished yet another complaint call, two men entered the Riverside

California Sheriff's Information Center. The small thin one pointed to a wanted poster

on the wall and simply declared,

That's us. Linda stared at the poster and replied, I guess so.

Thus ended the 15-year killing spree that covered five California counties.

When most people look back at the early 1960s, they remember the Letterman's crooning on the radio, the mashed potato the yet reached U.S. shores. These people conveniently forgot the Cuban missile crisis, the civil rights movement,

the Vietnam War protests, and the beginning of a 15-year five-county killing spree that terrified

Southern California and left as many as 43 people dead.

Hi, I'm Greg Paulson, and this is Serial Killers.

Hi, I'm Greg Paulson, and this is Serial serial killers. Today we're going to take a deep dive into the life of Patrick Wayne Kearney, better known as the Trashbag Killer.

I'm here with my co-host Vanessa Richardson.

Vanessa is not a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist,

but she has done a lot of research for the show.

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