The Trailside Killer. Welcome back to the finale of our series on Santa Cruz, California, Murder Capital of the World. Today we enter a new decade, the 1980s, as we cover a new killer stalking the redwood forests and beaches, David Joseph Carpenter.

David Carpenter held Northern California in a grip of fear, murdering and raping hikers exploring the forests, becoming known as the Trailside Killer.

Keep your hands and feet inside the ride as the Murder Coaster plunges back into Santa Cruz, California yet again with another terrifying tale of carnage and brutality.

MURDER COASTER PODCAST

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Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.

References:

THE SLEEPING LADY: The Trailside Murders Above Golden Gate by Robert Graysmith

MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD: The Santa Cruz Community Looks Back at the Frazier, Mullin and Kemper Murder Sprees of the Early 1970s by Emerson Murray READ THIS BOOK! IT’S AMAZING.

David Carpenter - Wikipedia

The frightening case of the Trailside Killer David Carpenter — StrangeOutdoors.com

VERY SCARY PEOPLE television series, Season 5, Episodes 1 and 2: “The Trailside Killer.”