Between 1974 and 1986 in the California area, Joseph DeAngelo murdered more than 13 people, raped over 50, and robbed over 120. He also had 3 different nicknames over the course of this time but eventually all the crimes were linked and he became known as the Golden State Killer. He started out as a burglar known as the Visalia Ransacker, as he committed these crimes in Visalia, California; most of which occurred near the College of the Sequoias. The Ransacker was a serial prowler, voyeur, burglar, and murderer. The first recorded burglary was on Tuesday, March 19, 1974 when $50 of coins was stolen from a piggy-bank. However, over the course of 18 months, his crimes escalated from peeping to petty theft of personal items, and he even ended up murdering a man on September 11th, 1975. While this episode focuses on Joseph DeAngelo when he was known as the Visalia Ransacker, our next two episodes focus on the East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker crimes, so be sure to give those a listen as well.

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Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_State_Killer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visalia_Ransacker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_area

http://www.visaliaransacker.com/

http://www.goldenstatekiller.com/

https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2018/04/25/breaking-visalia-ransacker-aka-golden-state-killer-may-behind-bars/550310002/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/65375l/the_visalia_ransacker_part_1/