On the morning of November 2, 1999, a quiet Xerox technician walked into his Honolulu workplace, calmly said “good morning… good luck” to a coworker, and opened fire. Seven men never went home. One more barely escaped.

In this episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson recounts the deadliest workplace shooting in Hawaii’s history—the methodical killings, the five-hour standoff, the failed insanity defense, and the lives forever changed by Byran Uyesugi’s calculated act of revenge.

He turned Prohibition into a multi-million-dollar empire of bootlegging, gambling, and bloodshed. In this episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson examines the rise and fall of Al Capone—the most notorious gangster in American history.

From the streets of Brooklyn to the reign of the Chicago Outfit, Capone’s organization controlled illegal liquor, protection rackets, and the city’s underworld through fear and corruption. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre shocked the nation. Yet it wasn’t murder that finally brought him down—it was the tax man.

Discover how one of the most powerful criminals of the 20th century was undone by ledgers, not bullets.

Between October 1977 and February 1978, ten young women and girls were abducted, assaulted, and strangled in Los Angeles. Their bodies were left on the hillsides surrounding the city, sparking widespread fear and a frantic manhunt for the so-called Hillside Strangler.

In this episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson examines the crimes of cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono — how they posed as police officers to lure their victims, the investigation that nearly collapsed, Bianchi’s later murders in Washington state, and the marathon trial that finally brought one of them to justice.

In 1980s Sacramento, Dorothea Puente appeared to be a kindly landlady offering shelter to the elderly and vulnerable. Behind the welcoming smile was a calculating killer who poisoned her tenants, buried their bodies in the backyard, and cashed their Social Security checks. Host Alexander Lawson examines the rise and fall of the woman known as the Death House Landlady.

For more than two decades, a quiet man named Lonnie David Franklin Jr. moved through the streets of South Los Angeles, leaving a trail of murdered young Black women in alleys and dumpsters. Known as the Grim Sleeper for the long apparent pause in his killings, he was finally caught through familial DNA and a discarded pizza crust. Host Alexander Lawson recounts the crimes, the victims, the investigation that spanned generations, and the families who waited far too long for justice.

In the spring of 1971, the peach orchards near Yuba City, California, began giving up their secrets. One by one, the bodies of 25 transient farmworkers were pulled from shallow graves—most hacked to death with a machete.

The man responsible was Juan Vallejo Corona, a quiet labor contractor, husband, and father of four. At the time, it was the largest mass murder case in modern U.S. history.

Host Alexander Lawson tells the full story of the killings, the investigation, the two trials, and the unanswered questions that still linger more than fifty years later.

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of serial murder and violence.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Southern California’s freeways became dumping grounds for the bodies of young men and boys. The man behind the killings was William George Bonin, known as the Freeway Killer.

Host Alexander Lawson examines Bonin’s troubled background, his year-long murder spree, the young accomplices who helped him, the investigation that finally stopped him, and his eventual execution in 1996. Bonin was convicted of 14 murders and confessed to 21.

Listener discretion is strongly advised. This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence, torture, and the murders of minors.

In 1978, a charming photographer named Rodney Alcala appeared as Bachelor Number One on The Dating Game—and won. What the audience, the bachelorette, and the producers didn’t know was that he was already a serial killer.

Host Alexander Lawson examines Alcala’s trail of violence across New York, California, and beyond, the systemic failures that allowed him to keep killing, and the victims whose lives he destroyed. From the near-fatal assault of an 8-year-old girl in 1968 to the 1979 murder of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe, this episode traces how one of America’s most prolific predators hid in plain sight—and how justice finally caught up with him.

Content warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual violence, murder, and crimes against children.

In the summer of 1985, Los Angeles lived in fear. A shadowy figure slipped into homes at night, leaving behind murder, sexual violence, and Satanic symbols. He became known as the Night Stalker.

Host Alexander Lawson examines the life and crimes of Richard Ramirez—from his troubled childhood to his brutal killing spree, dramatic capture, and death-row fate. This is the story of one of America’s most infamous serial killers.

In the summer of 1969, a charismatic cult leader named Charles Manson orchestrated one of the most shocking killing sprees in American history. Join host Alexander Lawson as he unpacks Manson’s troubled past, his manipulative hold over the “Family,” the horrific Tate-LaBianca murders, and the twisted “Helter Skelter” race war prophecy that fueled the violence.

From the brutal stabbing deaths of a pregnant Sharon Tate and her friends to the LaBianca killings and the chaotic trial that followed, this episode explores how one man’s delusions brought terror to Los Angeles and forever changed the nation’s cultural landscape.

A True Crime Podcast delivers the facts with no sensationalism—but the details are still chilling.

⚠️ Listener discretion advised: Graphic violence and disturbing content.

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