California PC 187: The Podcast

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Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, also known as “The Toolbox Killers,” terrorized and tortured teen girls from the South Bay in Los Angeles county for 5 months in 1979, forever changing people’s perception of the basic Van style vehicle.

Sources

1. Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris. Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Bittaker_and_Roy_Norris

2. People vs. Bittaker. Supreme Court of California,In Bank, The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Lawrence Sigmond BITTAKER, Defendant and Appellant, No. S004359, Decided: June 22, 1989. Find Law. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-supreme-court/1774155.html

3. Death Sentence Upheld for Killer Who Showed ‘Astonishing Cruelty’. Hager, Philip. Los Angeles Times. 23 June 1989.

4. “LA's 'Most Heinous Murderer Ever' Dies In Prison.” City News Service. PATCH, Los Angeles, CA. https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/las-most-heinous-murderer-ever-dies-prison

5. Roy Norris. Murderpedia. https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/norris-roy-lewis.html

6. “Why Some individuals kill for Their Own Sadistic Pleasure:Fulfilling a need for power, domination and control.” Bonn, Scott A., PhD. Psychology Today. 21 January 2017. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201701/why-some-individuals-kill-their-own-sadistic-pleasure%3famp

7. “Murder” Texas Radio Fish.

8. “My California.” Epic Sound

9. “How Wearing Glasses Impacts Your Success, According to ScienceFour eyes may be better than two.” Hinds, Rebecca. Inc.com. https://www.inc.com/rebecca-hinds/how-wearing-glasses-impacts-your-success-according-to-science.html

10. “Serial Killer.” Urban Dictionary. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=serial%20killer

11. “Rapist.” bigflyingdistraction. The Urban Dictionary. 11 August 2010. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rapist

12. Lucinda Lynn Schaefer. The Charley Project. https://charleyproject.org/case/lucinda-lynn-schaefer

13. Andrea Joy Hall. The Charley Project. https://charleyproject.org/case/andrea-joy-hall

UNSOLVED: The owner of Chicane Sporting Performance in Torrance, CA, 44 year old Joe Goskinski’s “star was rising” in the world of High Performance Sports Cars, especially Mustangs. He was viciously murdered in his shop on December 24, 2010. 10 years later, his case has remained unsolved.

Sources:

Beach Cities Mustang Club Joe Gosinski Memorial Site. Beach Cities Mustang Club (BCMC). https://bcmcmustang.homestead.com/SC4.html

“Suspicion, grief still surround 2010 Torrance auto shop owner’s slaying.” Altman, Larry. Daily Breeze. 25 July 2015. https://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20150725/suspicion-grief-still-surround-2010-torrance-auto-shop-owners-slaying

“Mustang Strut Tower Brace Benefits.” Rodriguez, Tyler. LMR. https://lmr.com/products/mustang-strut-tower-brace-benefits

Music: Murder, Texas Radio Fish and My California, Epic Sound

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Geriatric besties, Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt grew out of their shared shoplifting avocation and life had become a drag for the petty theives. Helen and Olga began to commiserate with each other about committing the perfect crime that would give them the cash and adrenaline rushes they craved. They came up with a devious and greedy cocktail of insurance, derelicts and murder. For shame, Old Biddies! Tsk. Tsk..

SOURCES

• “Two Women Convicted.” The Homeless Voice. AdMin, HV. 28 April 2011. https://homelessvoice.org/two-women-convicted/

• The People Plaintiff and Respondent v. OLGA RUTTERSCHMIDT. The Supreme Court of California, Los Angeles. People v. Rutterschmidt :: 2012 :: Supreme Court of California Decisions :: California Case Law :: California Law :: US Law :: Justia. https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2012/s176213.html

• Black Widow Murders. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Widow_Murders

• Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings. Channel 10 KFDA News. https://www.newschannel10.com/story/8679262/elderly-women-get-life-in-la-insurance-killings

• National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day: December 21, 2020. National Care for the Homeless Council. Census.gov. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/homeless-persons-memorial-day.html

• “Murder" Texas Radio Fish

• "My California" Epic Sound.

This Episode was accidentally published way before completion!! Well, shoot. We are obsessed by stories of those rare beasts in life who prey on people they perceive to be less than zero, like, homeless people.

Épisode 16: Thé Skid Row Slasher. Crittenden, Jordan. Dark Dark World podcast. 10 October 2019.

https://youtu.be/BGzUxgk3kOo

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee,v. Vaughn O. Greenwood, Defendant-Appellant. Gen. No. 53,355.

Illinois Appellate Court ​ First District, Fourth Division. September 24, 1969.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2240894/people-v-greenwood/

Vaughn Greenwood: American Serial Killer. https://www.google.com/amp/s/peoplepill.com/amp/people/vaughn-greenwood/

Épisode 31: Vaughn Greenwood The Skid Row Slasher. Crackhouse Chronicles. 4 March 2020.

https://youtu.be/8pkJB95W0oE

Greenwood, Vaughn Orrin. CDCR Inmate Locator: Public Inmate Locator. https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/Results.aspx

Through advancements in DNA technology and two tattle tales, the 27 year mysteries behind the mid 1970s murders of four women—3 from San Pedro and 1 from San Francisco—would finally get solved. It’s true what they say, every dog has his day. Sources :

The Santa Clause Strangler. Morrison, Keith. NBC News. 13 June 2008.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25142725/#.Uy0F1PldWSo

Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Wikipedia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Octogenarian convictied of woman’s Christmas Eve 1972 slaying.

North County Times Wire Services. The San Diego Union Tribute. 21 November 2006. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-octogenarian-convicted-of-womans-christmas-eve-2006nov21-story.html%3f_amp=true

Lois Gwendeen « Bonnie » Rudisill Pétrie. Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72135904/lois-gwendeen-petrie

Jaxon Van Derbeken (September 21, 2003). "How alleged serial killer fell into trap / Man's loose lips led to ruse to get DNA". San Francisco Chronicle.

Peter Y. Hong (November 21, 2006). "Man, 80, convicted in '72 murder". Los Angeles Times.

Whittling While He Works : Entrepreneurship: To passersby, that old branch might be trash, but in the hands of Ad Laudenberg it becomes an attractive walking stick that he’ll sell by the side of the road. Dillow, Gordon. Los Angeles Times. 7 October 1993.

The story of Riverside/Lake Elsinore Killer, William Lester Suff, born Bill E Suff, in Torrance, CA in 1950. What a creep.

"Murder" by Texas Radiofish

"My California," Epic Sound

Sometime after closing on the night of Sunday February 11, 1973, the week-end children's sanctuary that was the Rolling Hills Theater in Torrance, CA, was robbed. The four employees still there when the perpetrator(s) arrived, were brutally murdered Execution-Style. The senseless and vicious slaughter of the four beloved victims at a place where parents regularly left their children for hours unsupervised, shattered the innocence of the era forever.

"Murder" Texas Radio Fish

"My California" Epic Sound.

Wikipedia, The Daily Breeze, The Herald Examiner, The Los Angeles Times, cinematreasures.org

hbd, Dwee! thank you for your friendship, love and protection.

In the first episode of our California PC 187 podcast, we discuss the horrific torture-murder of 20 year old, Massachusettes native and child actor, Anthony "Tony" Guest in early September 1996. After the girl he is crushing on complains about Guest's "unwanted" advances towards her to psychopath Spencer Brasure, Brasure offers to "just scare" Guest into leaving her alone. Known in his neighborhood in Hawthorne, CA as a bully and incorrigible jerk with a tattoo on his belly that brags, "MY MOMMA DON'T LOVE ME," Brasure has more in mind for the boy than anyone can possibly imagine. He enlists the help of his friend, Billy Davis, whose dad's house he and girlfriend, Sonia, were living in, as well as a neighbor, 17 year old Matt Ormsby. Tony Guest was two weeks away from walking his beloved sister down the aisle when he was murdered. He never saw it coming.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BxYcwUNMznh8Zg-VspSsXJAhPJTEa_CT1yf-uW6W4RM/edit?usp=drivesdk

The 1957 Murder of a prominent lawyer in San Pedro, CA.

SOURCES:

Shanghai Red Cafe in San Pedro. Gnerre, Sam. 9 August 2012.

http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2012/08/09/shanghai-red-cafe-in-san-pedro/

FBI Nabs Suspect In Port Killing. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/544092/milo-s-smith-murdered-by-suspect-in/

Pittsfield Man Arrested In Calif. Robb-Murder. https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=544046&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjMzODMzODYwLCJpYXQiOjE1ODYyNDY5NjYsImV4cCI6MTU4NjMzMzM2Nn0.GvYz1MgYdZxnDRyaDJcgYhz3X6ztoEmsQtqNSH0HVyM

People v Turville. People v. Turville, 51 Cal.2d 620, 335 P.2d 678 (Cal. 1959)

MacKerron, John A. “A Talisman against the Dark Forces.” The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), vol. 81, no. 1, 1990, pp. 171–189. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1143783. Accessed 7 Apr. 2020.

clemency. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clemency

“Pittsfield Man Arrested In Calif. Robbery-Murder.” The Berkshire County Eagle. 31 August 1957.

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