L.A. 85
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 15 ratingsTrue Crime and more from ground zero in Los Angeles where the Night Stalker, the Grim Sleeper and other murderous criminals roamed in the shadows of Reagan era Cold War politics, the ever-expanding AIDS epidemic, racism and the emergence of a new landscape among Hollywood studios.
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Name Dropper, Part III, Real Genius
March 14, 2021 22:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBHuman remains found in a Los Angeles area backyard lead investigators back to Siegsdorf, Germany and Greenwich, Connecticut in their search for a missing couple and the mysterious man renting the back house on their property. Along the way, Knoedler Gallery and the "Made You Look" Netflix documentary about Glafira Rosales and fake art play roles in the story The final chapter in the tale of the man who became Clark Rockefeller takes us to Northern California, where the star is "slathering h...
Name Dropper, Part II: "Brewster's Millions"
March 02, 2021 03:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBA young couple is missing in California and the man suspected of killing of them turns up in Connecticut and New York and is now identifying himself as Clark Rockefeller, international banker, art collector and bon vivant.
Name Dropper, Part I: Money For Nothing
February 21, 2021 23:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBIn February 1985, Linda and John Sohus, an aspiring artist and her computer-savvy husband, went missing in an upscale suburban Los Angeles neighborhood. Nearly a decade later, contractors discover John's dismembered body buried in a backyard. Cops soon begin piecing together a mystery that will span continents and decades and ultimately lead to an international man of mystery who calls himself Clark Rockefeller.
The Night Stalker, Part III: To Live and Die in LA
February 14, 2021 20:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBPolice are closing in on the Night Stalker, but even with dozens of clues, the serial predator continues to elude capture. Los Angeles is gripped in fear during a long, hot summer. Drawing from Ramirez's own words to a reporter, this episode of LA85 examines the Cecil Hotel, the summer of murder, the Night Stalker's victims and concludes with the capture of Richard Ramirez by residents of East Los Angeles.
The Night Stalker, Part II: A View to a Kill
February 07, 2021 20:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBAs The Valley Intruder continues killing, police discover several clues that link various crime scenes and learn that there is a satanic bent to the killer's blood lust.
The Night Stalker, Part II: A View to a Kill
February 07, 2021 20:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBAs The Valley Intruder continues killing, police discover several clues that link various crime scenes and learn that there is a satanic bent to the killer's blood lust.
The Night Stalker, Part I: Blood Simple
January 31, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBSt. Patrick's Day 1985 saw two brutal murders take place just miles apart in LA. Investigators would later learn they were the work of a drifter with big eyes, bad teeth and a handgun that he had no problem using. Episode 4 of LA 85, titled "Blood Simple" looks at the slaying of Dayle Okazaki, 34, of Rosemead, California, and the death, just an hour later of Tsai-Lian Yu, 30, of Monterey Park. The infamous Cecil Hotel, AC/DC's Highway to Hell album and forensic science all play a role. ...
The Grim Sleeper
January 17, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBEven as Night Stalker Richard Ramirez terrorized suburban Los Angeles residents with his sexual sadism and brazen break-ins, another serial killer was at work in South Central L.A. Lonnie David Franklin, Jr. , a.k.a. the Grim Sleeper, murdered as many as 25 young women between 1985 and the early 2000s, often dumping their bodies in alleyways along the Western Avenue Corridor. In South Central in the 80's there was an epidemic of crack cocaine. It is a highly addictive and very destruct...
New Year's Day
January 01, 2021 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBThe '85 Rose Parade was a triumphant moment for the young lady who was named its queen. Nonetheless, the announcement of selection exposed some of the secret inner workings of America's Parade. In this episode of LA85, secrets are revealed and two decades after, a high-ranking parade volunteer, and accused murderer, goes free. Read our show notes here.
Back to the Future
December 28, 2020 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBHosted by True Crime author Frank Girardot and Award-winning L.A.-based independent journalist Sarah Favot. This first episode of LA85 gives the candy-coated version of 1984 and sets the table for a podcast that examines Los Angeles amid a landscape of serial killers (Night Stalker, the Nightclub Killer and Grim Sleeper), a murderous imposter who would become Clark Rockefeller, escalating gang violence, institutional racism, the HIV epidemic, the film "Back to the Future" and more. In...