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Season 8, William Bonin, Episode 7 "Will You Take Me To Disneyland?"

Tony Ciaglia Season 8 Episode 7

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William Bonin. The Freeway Killer. The winter of 1979 is about to get a lot darker.

In this episode, Tony Ciaglia ,The Serial Killer Whisperer,  and his father Al walk you through the brutal final weeks of 1979 and into the blood-soaked opening days of 1980, as Bonin accelerates his killing with terrifying speed. Victims 8 through 13 — Frank Dennis Fox, John Kilpatrick, Mike McDonald, Charles Miranda, James McCabe, and Ronald Gatlin,  each story more devastating than the last.

But this episode goes somewhere most true crime podcasts never can. Tony plays never-before-heard recorded phone calls from accomplice Gregory Miley — in his own words, in his own voice describing what happened inside that van. Flat. Casual. Remorseless.

Twelve-year-old James McCabe just wanted a ride to Disneyland. Charles Miranda, 14, was standing on a street corner. Within 24 hours, both were gone.

And then  impossibly the system had Bonin in custody and let him walk. Twenty-eight days later, he killed again.

This one is not easy to listen to. It's not supposed to be.

Please Remember their names.


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