SERIAL KILLER: The Hillside Strangler
Between October of 1977 and February of 1978, a serial killer terrorized women in Southern California, known as the Hillside Strangler. Originally preying upon sex workers in Los Angeles, this offender began to target young women regardless of race or background, before simply vanishing for good. It wasn’t until a year later that police were able to link a separate crime to this spree, and from there, began to track down the culprit or, in this case, culprits…
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Episode Source Material
- Hillside Strangler – Wikipedia
- Kenneth Bianchi – Wikipedia
- Angelo Buono Jr. – Wikipedia
- How The Hillside Stranglers Kenneth Bianchi And Angelo Buono Terrorized L.A. In The Late ’70s
- After he murders two Bellingham women, police arrest serial killer Kenneth A. Bianchi on January 12, 1979
- ‘Hillside Strangler’ Dies in Prison – CNN
- Peter Lorre’s Daughter was Near-Victim of Hillside Strangler – Lakeland Ledger
- Board Denies Parole for Hillside Strangler – Los Aneles Times
- Angelo Buono Jr. Dies at 67 – Washington Post
- One of the Hillside Stranglers Sentenced to Life – History Channel
- The Hillside Strangler Case, the Longest Criminal Trial in…
- Evidence Conclusively Proves Accused Hillside Strangler Angelo Buono Jr.
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