Hillside: The Investigation and Trial of the Hillside Strangler
In the new podcast HILLSIDE, author Joseph Rodota revisits the investigation and trial of the Hillside Strangler. Based on dozens of interviews and more than three years of in-depth research, HILLSIDE is a riveting story of crime, politics and personal redemption.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2022
Bonus Episode - “HILLSIDE: LIVE”
Host Joseph Rodota discusses the making of the podcast “HILLSIDE” and the NBC Studios Documentary “THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER: DEVIL IN DISGUISE." With KCRA Anchor Edie Lambert and special guest, former …
Chapter Eight: "A Mother's Daughter"
The jury returns its verdicts. Meika Mercado reflects on her journey to learn more about her late mother, Yolanda Washington.
Chapter Seven: "Spokes on a Wheel"
Prosecutors develop a strategy for presenting their case, despite problems with a key witness. Angelo Buono’s lawyer makes a strategic choice of co-counsel.
Chapter Six: "Hocus Pocus"
Prosecutors grapple with a defense motion to bar the testimony of three witnesses.
Chapter Five: “Unwinnable”
Kenneth Bianchi confesses to 10 murders in Los Angeles and agrees to testify against his cousin. A woman sees Bianchi on the evening news and reaches out to him.
Chapter Four: “Little Pieces”
Police discover the bodies of two women in Bellingham, Washington. An investigator calls the LA County Sheriff’s Department on a Saturday, triggering a search of Hillside Strangler Task Force files.
Chapter Three: “A Wild Look”
The operator of an escort service becomes concerned when a sex worker fails to check in. A woman is startled by two cars driving up the Angeles Crest Highway late one night.
Chapter Two: “A Few Seconds”
As the bodies of more women are discovered, Los Angeles is engulfed in fear. Citizens flood the Hillside Strangler Task Force with clues.
Chapter One: “Like a Machine”
When the bodies of three young women are discovered in Los Angeles over a period of three weeks, detectives wonder whether their deaths are connected.
Hillside Trailer
Over five months in the fall of 1977 and the winter of 1978, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi committed a series of crimes known as the Hillside Strangler murders.
In the new podcast HILLSIDE, author …