In 1962 it became very dangerous to be young and male in Southern California. 

Children, adolescents and young men were disappearing, some later found dead.  

Many victims unfortunately remain unidentified to this day.

The youngest victim was 5.  

The oldest victim was 28.

62 murders were confirmed.

It was suspected there were up to 146.

What the police in that area couldn’t know back in 1962 was that they would eventually have three serial killers on the loose all targeting young males around the freeways.

This week we discuss:  Murder, Serial Killers, Child Abuse, Hitchhiking

Sources:
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/can-you-match-these-serial-killers-with-their-pseudonyms

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-myths-about-serial-killers-and-why-they-persist-excerpt/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/215325/two-active-serial-killers-loose-in-uk/

https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder

https://davidmalocco.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/patrick-wayne-kearney-1939-serial-killer/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/patrick-kearney

https://medium.com/@katherinemorgan02/patrick-kearney-the-trash-bag-killer-3fcfab3b2692

http://crimeslab.com/patrick-kearney/

https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kearney-patrick.htm

https://serialkillers.briancombs.net/3394/victims-of-patrick-kearney/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation_in_the_United_States_military#Standard_policy,_1949%E2%80%931993

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/serial-killers-by-state

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