The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast
737 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsA deep dive into the darker side of the Golden State hosted by Roseanne with a quietly intense storytelling style and is always ad-free
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#170 The Tale of Skeletons in the Closet [Part 2]
January 15, 2021 17:53 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBThe 1995 Murder of Gonzalo Ramirez
#169 The Tale Of Skeletons in the Closet [Part 1]
January 07, 2021 02:23 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBThe 1996 Murder of Gonzalo Ramirez
[Update] Rest Easy Betty (1922-2020)
December 31, 2020 22:04 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBThis is a short update about my friend Betty who passed away this Tuesday. (January 8, 1922 ~ December 29, 2020)
[Bonus] The Tale of Flights 773 & 1771
December 21, 2020 21:57 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBCalifornia Air Disasters Flight 773 and Flight 1771
#168 The Tale of the Persian Violets
December 04, 2020 14:08 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBThe 2004 Murder of Jarrod Davidson
[Bonus] The Mysterious Death of Gunther Stoll [Vacation Series]
November 30, 2020 04:27 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this special Vacation Series episode of Killafornia Dreaming, we explore the mysterious death of 34 year old Gunther Stoll in Germany.
#167 The Tale of Apartment 132A
November 23, 2020 23:52 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBThe 1978 Murder of Hogan's Heroes Star Bob Crane
#166 The Tale of Hope and Murder
November 10, 2020 03:58 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBThe Case of Hope Masters and G. Daniel Walker
[Bonus] The Unsolved Murder of Josephine Spegel
November 08, 2020 00:04 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBThe 1969 Unsolved Murder of World War II and Korean War Veteran Josephine Spegel
#165 The Tale of the Kevorkian Part 2 [Vacation Series]
November 02, 2020 17:23 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBThe 2009 Death of Motivational Speaker and Author Jeffrey Locker
#164 The Tale of the Kevorkian Part 1 [Vacation Series]
October 28, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBThe 2009 Death of Motivational Speaker and Author Jeffrey Locker
#163 The Tale Of Honor Roll Students Who Kill
October 19, 2020 22:14 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBThe 1992 Murder of Honor Roll Student Stuart Tay
#162 The Tale of Murder or Self-Defense?
October 13, 2020 23:38 - 1 hour - 69 MBThe 1996 Death of Dusty Harless
[Bonus] The Tale of Ambrose Bierce
October 07, 2020 15:57 - 1 hour - 65 MBThe Mysterious Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce
#161 The Tale of the Making of a Homegrown Terrorist
September 27, 2020 20:18 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBThe 1995 San Diego Tank Rampage
#160 The Tale of a Mother’s Choice
September 17, 2020 18:58 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBThe 2015 Death of 17 year old George Hang
#160 The Tale of a Mother’s Choice: The Death of 17 Year Old George Hang
September 17, 2020 18:58 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBThe Murder of Troubled 17 Year Old George Hang Carried Out By His Own Mother, Eva Hang Who Was Dying of Terminal Cancer In 2012, teenager George Hang lost his father to cancer. Three years later, his mother, Eva, would find out she was meeting the same fate. Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2015, she made a drastic decision about her future, and the future of her son. PROMO: Evidence of A Crime Hosted By Fern SOURCES: https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-mother-murder-mental-20170514-...
#159 The Tale of Lies That Kill: The Murder of Actor Merlin Santana
September 08, 2020 17:55 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBThe 2002 Murder Of Actor Merlin Santana And Staff Writer Jas Waters' Life-Changing Connection To Merlin's Killing Warning: This episode contains explicit language and content involving sexual assault, gun violence, and suicide and is not suitable for young listeners and may be triggering for some. Listener discretion is advised. Today, we discuss the tragic murder of a young, rising star in Hollywood who starred in a number of popular television sitcoms. And in a story within a story, we ...
#159 The Tale of Lies That Kill
September 08, 2020 17:55 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBThe 2002 Murder of Merlin Santana
#158 – The Tale of Brother vs. Brother (Vacation Series)
September 04, 2020 23:38 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBThe Trials of Darrin Fernandez
#158 – The Tale of Brother vs. Brother: When Your Identical Twin is a Sexual Predator [Vacation Series]
September 04, 2020 23:38 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBThe Case Of Twin Brothers Darrin And Damien Fernandez - One Of Whom Is a Serial Sexual Predator; Both Of Whom Point The Finger At Each Other As Being The Rapist **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DETAILS INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME LISTENERS. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO SKIP TWO SECTIONS OF THIS EPISODE IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO BYPASS THE MOST GRAPHIC DETAILS. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. In 2000 and 2001, a serial ra...
#157 The Tale of All That Glitters
August 28, 2020 21:43 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThe 2008 Murder of Pamela Fayed
#157 The Tale of the Battle Over e-Bullion: The Murder of Pamela Fayed
August 28, 2020 21:43 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThe Contract Killing Of e-Bullion Company Goldfinger Co-Founder Pamela Fayed Arranged By Her Soon-To-Be Ex-Husband James Fayed **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. On July 28, 2008, wife, mother, and co-founder of Goldfinger Coin and Bullion Pamela Fayed was stabbed to death on the 3rd level of a parking garage in Century City, California. When investigators found out she was in the midst of a contentious divorce, as well as facing a federal inve...
#156 The Tale of Doing it on His Own: The Disappearance of Elijah 'Bear' Diaz
August 18, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBThe Mysterious 2015 Disappearance of 20-Year-Old Elijah 'Running Bear' Diaz From his El Cajon, California Home **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** Elijah ‘Running Bear’ Diaz, a 20 year old member of The Barona Native American Tribe was suffering from severe health ailments related to type 1 diabetes when he went missing from his home in El Cajon, California on August 29th, 2015. While a few things seemed amiss at his home, nothing indicated he had been a victim of foul play...
#156 The Disappearance of Elijah ‘Running Bear’ Diaz
August 18, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBThe 2015 Disappearance of Elijah 'Running Bear' Diaz from El Cajon, California
#155 The Tale of Seven Years in a Box: The Kidnapping of Colleen Stan [Part 2]
August 06, 2020 22:30 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBThe 1977 Kidnapping And 7-Year-Long Captivity Of Colleen Stan Perpetrated By Husband And Wife Partners In Crime Cameron And Janice Hooker [Part 2] **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** On May 19th, 1977, 20 year old Colleen Stan was hitchhiking from Eugene, Oregon to Westwood, California to surprise a friend on her birthday. Colleen made it about 3/4ths of the way when she accepted a ride on what she though would be the final leg of her journey, from a young couple, who also ...
#155 The Tale of Seven Years in a Box [Part 2]
August 06, 2020 22:30 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBThe 1977 Kidnapping of Colleen Stan
#154 The Tale of Seven Years in a Box [Part 1]
August 06, 2020 03:25 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBThe 1977 Kidnapping of Colleen Stan
#154 The Tale of Seven Years in a Box: The Kidnapping of Colleen Stan [Part 1]
August 06, 2020 03:25 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBThe 1977 Kidnapping And 7-Year-Long Captivity Of Colleen Stan Perpetrated By Husband And Wife Partners In Crime Cameron And Janice Hooker [Part 1] **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** On May 19th, 1977, 20 year old Colleen Stan was hitchhiking from Eugene, Oregon to Westwood, California to surprise a friend on her birthday. Colleen made it about 3/4ths of the way when she accepted a ride on what she though would be the final leg of her journey, from a young couple, who also ...
#153 The Tale of Jussie Smollett’s Hate Crime Hoax [Part 3]
July 28, 2020 14:58 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBFormer 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett's Fake Hate Crime
#153 The Tale of Jussie Smollett: And the Award for the Best Worst Fake Hate Crime Ever Goes To... [Part 3]
July 28, 2020 14:58 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBThe January 2019 Self-Inflicted Hate Crime Hoax Former Empire Actor Jussie Smollett Planned And Carried Out With The Help Of His Personal Trainers [Part 3] **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** This is the 3rd and final part of our series on the fake hate crime carried out by actor Jussie Smollett. In the early morning hours of January 29, 2019, Empire actor Jussie Smollett was attacked by 2 masked men outside his Chicago apartment as he walked home from getting some food. The...
#152 The Tale of Jussie Smollett’s Hate Crime Hoax [Part 2]
July 24, 2020 12:06 - 1 hour - 45 MBThe Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Hoax
#152 The Tale of Jussie Smollett: The Award For the Best Worst Fake Hate Crime Ever Goes To... [Part 2]
July 24, 2020 12:06 - 1 hour - 45 MBThe January 2019 Self-Inflicted Hate Crime Hoax Former Empire Actor Jussie Smollett Planned And Carried Out With The Help Of His Personal Trainers [Part 2] **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** This is the 2nd part of a 3 part series on the fake hate crime carried out by actor Jussie Smollett. In the early morning hours of January 29, 2019, Empire actor Jussie Smollett was attacked by 2 masked men outside his Chicago apartment as he walked home from getting some food. The men ...
#151 The Tale of Jussie Smollett’s Hate Crime Hoax [Part 1]
July 18, 2020 13:23 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBEmpire Actor Jussie Smollett's Hate Crime Hoax
#151 The Tale of Jussie Smollett: The Award For the Best Worst Fake Hate Crime Ever Goes To... [Part 1]
July 18, 2020 13:23 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBThe January 2019 Self-Inflicted Hate Crime Hoax Former Empire Actor Jussie Smolett Planned And Carried Out With The Help Of His Personal Trainers [Part 1] **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** This is the first part of a 3 part series. In the early morning hours of January 29, 2019, Empire actor Jussie Smollett was attacked by 2 masked men outside his Chicago apartment as he walked home from getting some food. The men shouted racial and homophobic slurs at Smollett, told him th...
#150 The Tale of "Changeling": The Disappearance of Walter Collins & The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders
July 08, 2020 15:38 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBThe Disappearance Of 9 Year Old Walter Collins, The LAPD That Tried To Force His Mother Christine To Take In Another Boy Who Was Claiming To Be Her Missing Son And The Connection To The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** On March 10, 1928, single mom living in Los Angeles, Christine Collins had to go to her job at the phone switchboards. So, she gave her 9 year old son Walter money to go to the movies. He was never seen again. After an exh...
#150 The Tale of the Changeling
July 08, 2020 15:38 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBThe 1928 Kidnapping of Walter Collins and the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders
#149 The Tale a Hate Crime: The Murder of Matthew Shepard [Vacation Series]
June 26, 2020 17:14 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBThe 1998 Murder Of Gay University of Wyoming Student Matthew Shepard Perpetrated By Aaron McKinney And Russell Henderson **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** On October 6, 1998, 21 year old University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard encountered 2 men, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, on a night out of drinking beers and shooting pool. The two men soon realized Matthew was gay and came up with a plan to attack, rob, and rob his house. They ended up leaving Matthew ti...
#149 The Tale of Matthew Shepard [Vacation Series]
June 26, 2020 17:14 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBThe 1998 Murder of Matthew Shepard
[Bonus] The Vallow/Daybell Body Count
June 19, 2020 00:10 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBThe Search for Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow
[Bonus] The Tale of the Doomsday Couple: Deaths In the Wake of Lori Vallow & Chad Daybell
June 19, 2020 00:10 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBThe Case Of Doomsday Prepper People Lori Vallow And Chad Daybell And How Everybody Around Them Ends Up Dead **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** UPDATE: Since the recording of this episode, both Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell have been charged with the murders of Lori's two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, as well as the murder of Chad Daybell's first wife, Tammy. They are facing the possibility of the death penalty if convicted. We are going over the timeline in the sea...
[Bonus] The Tale of When Murder is Ruled Suicide: Justice for DJ Fickey, Jr.
June 08, 2020 17:04 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThe 2016 Shooting Death Of 28-Year-Old Donald "DJ" Fickey, Jr That Was Ruled A Suicide Despite Mountains Of Evidence It Was Anything But **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** UPDATE: As of August of 2020, the Medical Examiner has changed DJ's manner of death from Suicide to Undetermined. It's not perfect, it's still not correct, but it's a step in the right direction finally. On October 3, 2016, father of 3 Donald ‘DJ’ Fickey, Jr. was killed by a shotgun blast to the lef...
[Bonus] Justice for Donald ‘DJ’ Fickey, Jr
June 08, 2020 17:04 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThe 2016 Shooting Death of Donald 'DJ' Fickey
#148 The Tale of Bullied to Death: The Story of Lawrence/Latisha King
June 04, 2020 00:52 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBThe 2008 Shooting Death Of 15-Year-Old Lawrence King By Classmate Brandon McIreney Because Lawrence Was Openly Gay **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** On February 12, 2008, 15 year old Lawrence King was seated in his computer lab in class working on an English paper when 14 year old Brandon McIreney pulled a gun from his back pack and shot Lawrence twice in the back of the head. Lawrence died 2 days later. The tension between the boys had been growing the the days and week...
#148 The Tale of Lawrence King
June 04, 2020 00:52 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBThe 2008 Murder of 15 year old Lawrence King
#147 The Tale of the Sins of the Father: Family Annihilator Lawrence Horn
May 30, 2020 14:52 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBThe 1993 Contract Killings Of Former Motown Record Producer Lawrence Horn's Ex-Wife And His Severely Disabled 8-Year-Old Son **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** On March 3, 1993, an intruder broke into the home of Millie Horn and murder her, her severely disabled 8 year old son, Trevor, and his nurse. Before long, investigators began to uncover a plot hatched by Millie’s ex-husband, former Motown producer and sound engineer, Lawrence Horn, Trevor’s father, to eliminate the...
#147 The Tale of the Sins of the Father
May 30, 2020 14:52 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBFormer Motown Record Producer Lawrence Horn orders the murders of his ex-wife and 8 year old son.
#146 The Tale of the Brink of Insanity: The Murder of Michelle Le [Part 2]
May 16, 2020 12:23 - 1 hour - 77 MBThe 2011 Disappearance And Murder of Nursing Student Michelle Le Perpetrated By Her High School Best Friend Giselle Esteban [Part 2] **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** This is a the second part of a two part series. Please listen to episode 145 first then come back to this. On May 27, 2011, 26 year old nursing student Michelle Le abandoned her training post at Kaiser Permanente in the East Bay Area of San Francisco, took the footbridge to the parking garage and seemingly ...
#146 The Tale of the Brink of Insanity [Part 2]
May 16, 2020 12:23 - 1 hour - 77 MBThe 2011 Murder of Michelle Le
#145 The Tale of the Brink of Insanity: The Murder of Michel Le [Part 1]
May 08, 2020 02:30 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBThe 2011 Disappearance And Murder of Nursing Student Michelle Le Perpetrated By Her High School Best Friend Giselle Esteban [Part 1] **KD IS NO LONGER WITH ORBITAL JIGSAW OR BLUBRRY** On May 27, 2011, 26 year old nursing student Michelle Le abandoned her training post at Kaiser Permanente in the East Bay Area of San Francisco, took the footbridge to the parking garage and seemingly vanished into thin air. What the investigation would lead to involved a years long feud with Michelle’s best...