In the early nineteen seventies the sleepy college town of Santa Cruz, California, previously famous for surfing and a boardwalk, was plunged into chaos when a mass killer and two separate serial killers began leaving corpses and body parts strewn throughout the beaches and redwoods, earning the town the monicker of The Murder Capital of the World.

Today we take a look at mass murderer John Linley Frazier, how psychosis and drugs abuse led a wannabe hippie on a crusade to save the earth to annihilate the family of an esteemed eye surgeon.

We also examine the history of Santa Cruz and how it mimicked the social upheavals of the nineteen sixties as the culture shifted from conservative nineteen-fifties thinking to more liberal ways and the violence that erupted with this clash, including the murder spree of the Manson Family.

Hop aboard, as we take a trip to Santa Cruz, California, Murder Capital of the World Part One: John Linley Frazier THE KILLER PROHPHET!!!

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References:

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.

Serial Killers of Santa Cruz by Aubrey Graves

Murderville USA The Santa Cruz Serial Killers by Les MacDonald

'Murder capital of the world': The terrifying years when multiple serial killers stalked Santa Cruz (sfgate.com)

John Linley Frazier, the Killer Prophet and Hippie Murderer — The Year of the Hippie Murders — Crime Library

On the night of his arrest Jeffrey Dahmer gave a rambling fourteen-hour confession, which we have turned into an audio dramatization, using both the actual interrogation transcripts as well as the memoir of Patrick Kennedy, the homicide detective who conducted the interview.

The Interrogation of Jeffrey Dahmer: A Play Told in Four Acts.

Starring:

Christa Carmen as Jeffrey Dahmer

Matthew Brockmeyer as Homicide Detective Patrick Kennedy

Bill Selby from the Crimes Killers Cults and Beer podcast as Homicide Detective Mike Dubis and Lieutenant Dave Vahl

Mark Boutilier from the Mental Illness Theater podcast as Lieutenant Roosevelt Herrell

Cassandra Metternich aka Malformed Malcontent as District Three Dispatch

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References:

Jeffrey Dahmer interrogation transcripts:

FBI Records: The Vault — Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer

Grilling Dahmer: The Interrogation of the Milwaukee Cannibal by Patrick Kennedy and Robyn Maharaj

We are delighted to welcome author and journalist Dan Slatter, who is here to discuss his new book, The Incorruptibles.

This riveting work takes a deep dive into the Jewish criminal underworld of New York City in the 1910s, a realm teeming with gambling dens, prostitution, pickpockets, loan sharks, King Pimps and the Queen of Fences. It exposes a world of coke fiends, junkies, horse poisoners, the Yiddish Black Hand, and the seedy allure of sex, drugs, and ragtime music.

Amidst this vice and corruption, The Incorruptibles also highlights the brave men and women who stood up to these Jewish crime syndicates, earning their reputation as the incorruptibles.

THE INCORRUPTIBLES: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld by Dan Slater

Buy it on Amazon: Amazon.com: The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld eBook : Slater, Dan: Kindle Store

Buy it on Barnes and Noble: The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld by Dan Slater, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)

Buy from the publisher: The Incorruptibles by Dan Slater | Hachette Book Group

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