CLASSIC: DNA and Crime: The Original Night Stalker

08/29/23 • 55 min

It’s official -- after decades of dead ends, tantalizing theories and frustrating leads, justice has finally caught up with The Golden State Killer, also known as The Original Night Stalker. 72 year old Joseph James DeAngelo seemed set to quietly disappear from history, known only as a grandfather with a weird temper problem -- one of the cranky old men so common in neighborhoods across suburban America. But new DNA analysis leveraging the massive, growing databases in both federal and private hands led law enforcement down a trail they'd long thought had grown cold. Tune in to learn more about how justice finally caught up to the Golden State Killer.

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08/29/23 • 55 min

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: DNA and Crime: The Original Night Stalker

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Every so often in the course of our show, we have been able to make certain observations and predictions. Tonight's classic episode is about one of those observations and predictions. On the heels of our unfortunately ongoing series examining serial Killers on the Loose, we looked into the long delayed identification, arrest, and conviction of the killer known as the Golden State Killer or the original night Stalker. Oh yeah, because this guy, Ja

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