The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast

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A deep dive into the darker side of the Golden State hosted by Roseanne with a quietly intense storytelling style and is always ad-free

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Number 1: #336 The Tale of D4VD: The Death, Degradation, & Dismemberment of Celeste Rivas Hernandez [Part 1]
WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS INVOLVING THE SEXUAL ABUSE, MURDER AND MUTILATION OF A CHILD; LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED... September 5, 2025, a seemingly abandoned Tesla was towed from an affluent neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills. Within a couple days, tow yard employees couldn't get past the outrageously pungent odor emanating from the Tesla, along with colonies of insects making themselves at home in and around it. The workers couldn't be sure what the smell was, but they knew. The LAPD was contacted, the smell was reported and when officers arrived and opened the front end cargo area of the vehicle, they discovered two body bags containing dismembered human remains. Whose remains were these? Who did this Tesla belong to? And how did all this end up in a tow yard in Hollywood? This is the first part of a two part series on the 2025 murder of 14 year old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. SOURCES: https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-killing-trial-52aced35d8cccc3a3d6445b6d13db6a5 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-burke-hearing-celeste-rivas-hernandez-65647a24c7808bebc0b6ff9040f50615 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-timeline-100e62a0e54ca5d5786d5f7d1570c33c https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-killing-trial-52aced35d8cccc3a3d6445b6d13db6a5 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-charges-celeste-rivas-hernandez-a5ae08c1dda921dad1750d3ceda16c47 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-what-to-know-7d278e5f2fc1e3c4bce9dabb0bdc2098 https://abc7ny.com/story/celeste-rivas-hernandez-was-not-pregnant-when-she-killed-prosecutors-say/19600998/ https://abcnews.com/US/d4vd-murder-case-timeline-investigation-14-year-girls/story?id=132319472 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-killing-burke-32ca2cc61ca6b7db8e3170888d3dacd4 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-suspect-celeste-rivas-hernandez-f58e2983916aaf3340cc48b7e711118f https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-lake-elsinore-d3ed2bdb9f023041226f13912bc1f4fa LINKS: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapod PayPal: https://www.paypal.coCashm/paypalme/killaforniapod Merchandise: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.threadless.com/ Website: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KillaforniaDreamingPodcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreaming Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=en X: https://twitter.com/killaforniapod TikTok: @killaforniadreamingpod Cash App: $KDpodcast Costa Oil Las Vegas: Oil Change Service Las Vegas, NV Costa Oil Instagram: Costa Oil Las Vegas (@costaoillasvegas) • Instagram photos and videos Costa Oil Facebook: Facebook Support the show
August 23, 20261h 18min
Number 2: #337 The Tale of D4VD: The Death, Degradation, & Dismemberment of Celeste Rivas Hernandez [Part 2]
WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS INVOLVING THE SEXUAL ABUSE, MURDER AND MUTILATION OF A CHILD; LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED... On September 5, 2025, a seemingly abandoned Tesla was towed from an affluent neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills. Within a couple days, tow yard employees couldn't get past the outrageously pungent odor emanating from the Tesla, along with colonies of insects making themselves at home in and around it. The workers couldn't be sure what the smell was, but they knew. The LAPD was contacted, the smell was reported and when officers arrived and opened the front end cargo area of the vehicle, they discovered two body bags containing dismembered human remains. Whose remains were these? Who did this Tesla belong to? And how did all this end up in a tow yard in Hollywood? This is the first part of a two part series on the 2025 murder of 14 year old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. SOURCES: https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-killing-trial-52aced35d8cccc3a3d6445b6d13db6a5 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-burke-hearing-celeste-rivas-hernandez-65647a24c7808bebc0b6ff9040f50615 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-timeline-100e62a0e54ca5d5786d5f7d1570c33c https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-killing-trial-52aced35d8cccc3a3d6445b6d13db6a5 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-charges-celeste-rivas-hernandez-a5ae08c1dda921dad1750d3ceda16c47 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-what-to-know-7d278e5f2fc1e3c4bce9dabb0bdc2098 https://abc7ny.com/story/celeste-rivas-hernandez-was-not-pregnant-when-she-killed-prosecutors-say/19600998/ https://abcnews.com/US/d4vd-murder-case-timeline-investigation-14-year-girls/story?id=132319472 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-killing-burke-32ca2cc61ca6b7db8e3170888d3dacd4 https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-suspect-celeste-rivas-hernandez-f58e2983916aaf3340cc48b7e711118f https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-lake-elsinore-d3ed2bdb9f023041226f13912bc1f4fa LINKS: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapod PayPal: https://www.paypal.coCashm/paypalme/killaforniapod Merchandise: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.threadless.com/ Website: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KillaforniaDreamingPodcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreaming Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=en X: https://twitter.com/killaforniapod TikTok: @killaforniadreamingpod Cash App: $KDpodcast Costa Oil Las Vegas: Oil Change Service Las Vegas, NV Costa Oil Instagram: Costa Oil Las Vegas (@costaoillasvegas) • Instagram photos and videos Costa Oil Facebook: Facebook Support the show
September 01, 20261h 45min
Number 3: #330 The Tale of Reading Between the B*llshit: The Ridiculous Interrogation of Rebecca Rogers Pt. 4 [Vacation Series]
In August of 2013, Rebecca Rogers shot and killed her husband of 14 years, Jason, three times — twice in the back and once in the head — but don’t worry, according to Rebecca, this was all somehow self-defense. And apparently enough people bought that explanation, because between the public support and what feels like a pretty surface-level investigation, Rebecca eventually pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served less than two years in prison. Less than two years. For shooting a man three times. Incredible. At first glance, the case seems pretty open-and-shut…until you sit down and actually listen to her interrogation. Because once I heard Rebecca tell her absolutely “harrowing” tale herself, I walked away thinking this woman didn’t get away with manslaughter — she got away with murder. And weirdly, there’s barely any information out there about this case. It never got the full Dateline treatment, no dramatic 20/20 special, no ominous narrator standing in front of a cornfield talking about “small town secrets.” Somehow this one just quietly drifted off into obscurity. We’re also not going to be listening to the interrogation itself in these episodes. But honestly, we don’t even need to. There is SO much to unpack in the things Rebecca says — the contradictions, the reactions, the storytelling choices, all of it — that, to me, point to this being way more than a simple manslaughter case. The more she talks, the less believable it becomes. To me, this was murder. LINKS: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapod PayPal: https://www.paypal.coCashm/paypalme/killaforniapod Merchandise: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.threadless.com/ Website: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KillaforniaDreamingPodcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreaming Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=en X: https://twitter.com/killaforniapod Email: [email protected] TikTok: @killaforniadreamingpod Cash App: $KDpodcast SOURCES: https://www.northescambia.com/2016/04/breaking-molino-mom-sentenced https://www.northescambia.com/2013/08/molino-woman-claims-self-defense-in-shooting-death-of-her-husband https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT3lKnc67X0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyXorcwEAxs&t=1142s https://weartv.com/news/local/molino-woman-sentenced-for-killing-husband-during-domestic-disput Support the show
May 14, 20261h 50min
Number 4: #329 The Tale of Reading Between the B*llshit: The Ridiculous Interrogation of Rebecca Rogers Pt. 3 [Vacation Series]
In August of 2013, Rebecca Rogers shot and killed her husband of 14 years, Jason, three times — twice in the back and once in the head — but don’t worry, according to Rebecca, this was all somehow self-defense. And apparently enough people bought that explanation, because between the public support and what feels like a pretty surface-level investigation, Rebecca eventually pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served less than two years in prison. Less than two years. For shooting a man three times. Incredible. At first glance, the case seems pretty open-and-shut…until you sit down and actually listen to her interrogation. Because once I heard Rebecca tell her absolutely “harrowing” tale herself, I walked away thinking this woman didn’t get away with manslaughter — she got away with murder. And weirdly, there’s barely any information out there about this case. It never got the full Dateline treatment, no dramatic 20/20 special, no ominous narrator standing in front of a cornfield talking about “small town secrets.” Somehow this one just quietly drifted off into obscurity. We’re also not going to be listening to the interrogation itself in these episodes. But honestly, we don’t even need to. There is SO much to unpack in the things Rebecca says — the contradictions, the reactions, the storytelling choices, all of it — that, to me, point to this being way more than a simple manslaughter case. The more she talks, the less believable it becomes. To me, this was murder. LINKS: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapod PayPal: https://www.paypal.coCashm/paypalme/killaforniapod Merchandise: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.threadless.com/ Website: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KillaforniaDreamingPodcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreaming Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=en X: https://twitter.com/killaforniapod Email: [email protected] TikTok: @killaforniadreamingpod Cash App: $KDpodcast SOURCES: https://www.northescambia.com/2016/04/breaking-molino-mom-sentenced https://www.northescambia.com/2013/08/molino-woman-claims-self-defense-in-shooting-death-of-her-husband https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT3lKnc67X0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyXorcwEAxs&t=1142s https://weartv.com/news/local/molino-woman-sentenced-for-killing-husband-during-domestic-disput Support the show
April 27, 20262h 1min
Number 5: [BONUS] The Tale of the Epstein Files: To Declassify or Not to Declassify???
These thoughts on the debate of the declassification of the "Epstein Files". The DOJ says keeping the files sealed won't change anything. They say there's nothing noteworthy in the files. And keeping them sealed is to protect the victims. I say there is a need to expose the elite and powerful who commit crimes against children with impunity and if there's nothing noteworthy, then why keep them hidden?? SOURCES: The Epstein Files: How the saga unfolded within Trump’s administration | The Independent Here’s The Timeline Of MAGA’s Epstein Files Meltdown—As Trump Calls The Case ‘Boring Stuff’ The Pros and Cons of President Trump Releasing the Epstein Files: Scenarios and Likelihoods - Don't Fuck With Daddy Who was Jeffrey Epstein? A backgrounder on the financier at the center of a global scandal LINKS: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapod PayPal: https://www.paypal.coCashm/paypalme/killaforniapod Merchandise: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.threadless.com/ Website: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KillaforniaDreamingPodcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreaming Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=en X: https://twitter.com/killaforniapod Email: [email protected] TikTok: @killaforniadreamingpod Cash App: $KDpodcast 🐻🔛 Support the show
July 18, 202548min