Despite its beaches and boardwalks, there was also a dark side to Southern California in the 1970s: it wasn’t all roller skates and ice creams – it was a killing field.
Some of the most heinous, sadistic crimes ever committed against young men aged 13 to 35 in Southern California in the 1970s was committed by a man called Randy Steven Kraft
On his arrest, police found a notebook with an encoded list. It looked like codes with random place names, numbers or initials: “Wilmington”, “Skates”, “Marine Head BP”… In total, there were 61 cryptic phrases or words on the list.
Police knew the list was significant. It looked like it was a list of Kraft’s victims. The list was soon dubbed: The Scorecard, which gave Kraft his nickname: The Scorecard Killer.
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Resources
YouTube
William Bonin & Randy Kraft Documentary
Web
Wikipedia – Randy Kraft
Wikipedia – Sexual orientation in the US Military
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Angel of Darkness (Kindle Edition) – Dennis McDougall
Narrated by: Noel Vinson
Researched & Produced by Two Red Romans Productions
Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler: http://www.marcusbresslermusic.com/
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This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.
