In the 80's and 90's, California was rocked by an astounding number of arson attacks. Clothing stores, grocery stores, forests... nothing in the state was safe. But when one of these attacks eventually took the lives of four individuals, the attention of the authorities was captured, and the manhunt to catch the killer arsonist began. Little did the authorities know, however, that the killer was hiding among them, like a wolf amongst sheep...

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SOURCES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcNN6gNldt0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G2PT82ckYM&t=2s

Season 9, Episode 21: Point of Origin – Forensic Files 

Ex-Fire Investigator Gets Life Term in Fatal Arson – LA Times

Manuscript Adds Fuel to the Fire in Murder Case – LA Times

Firefighters searched the rubble of a gutted hardware store… – UPI

Ex-Fire Captain Charged in 4 Deaths in 1984 Store Blaze : Arson: Once acclaimed investigator, now serving a 30-year sentence for setting six fires, could face death penalty if convicted of South Pasadena crime – LA Times

Burning Ambition – People

History in flames – Glendale News-Press

United States of America, Plaintiff-appellant, v. John Leonard Orr, Defendant-appellee, 977 F.2d 593 (9th Cir. 1992)

United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. John Leonard Orr, Defendant-appellant, 29 F.3d 636 (9th Cir. 1994)

Arson: The Scorched-Earth Obsession – Newsweek

https://www.frontlinewildfire.com/wildfire-news-and-resources/california-wildfires-history-statistics/

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/charity-stories/california-wildfires-how-to-help-facts-faq#:~:text=More%20than%205.7%20million%20acres,began%20on%20July%2029%2C%202022. 

Fire Lover: A True Story 

https://anca.org/remembering-the-1990-college-hills-fire/

https://www.healthline.com/health/pyromania#definition

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/john-orr-arsonist-father-firefighter-murderer-family-lori-orr-kovach

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