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Butchers of L.A.

Butchers of L.A.
★ 6.8/10•2025•Crime•Documentary
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As 131 bodies were discovered across 1970s Los Angeles, panic spread and police chased a lone suspect-only to uncover three killers, each with a different method, preying on the same community.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateJun 26, 2025

Episodes

E146m

Trash Bags

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, law enforcement discovered a pattern of murdered hitchhikers and young men; their investigation led them to an unassuming aerospace engineer, who lived a double life as a sadistic killer.

Jun 26, 2025

E247m

On the Freeway

With Patrick Kearney behind bars, police realize another predator is on the loose; an investigation leads to "The Freeway Killer" and his torture chamber on wheels; the murders suggest the work of more than one single killer.

Jul 3, 2025

E3

Keeping Score

With Bonin behind bars, law enforcement hopes the nightmare is over-until another wave of freeway murders shatters their illusion; this third killer is the most methodical of them all and, if not for a random police check, might have evaded police.

Jul 10, 2025

Actors

Ron Bowers

Ron Bowers

Self - Former District Attorney

Dave Lopez

Dave Lopez

Self - Reporter

Alan Duke

Self - Journalist

Patt Morrison

Self

Tom Lange

Self - Former Homicide Detective

Robert Souza

Self - Former Homicide Detective

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