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thank you to you guys 'cause without you I wouldn't be here. And that's a fact. Today's story is a very hot one. It's been very requested. We're gonna talk about
the Golden State Killer, AKA the East Area Rapist,
AKA the Visalia Ransacker. Visalia? Sure. AKA the Original Night Stalker,
AKA (laughs) I'm sorry. He has a lot of names. His real name is Joseph DeAngelo, okay? I don't think there really
has ever been another serial killer with so
many fricking nicknames, but this guy he's the winner. So many of you guys have
asked me to do this one, and I always avoid doing popular stories, 'cause I feel like, "Well,
what can I add to it?" But they seem to like it and
I think I just need to stop overthinking it 'cause
I overthink everything. This one is very interesting
because this man Joseph, he got away with a lot
and he was really smart, he was really tricky that
his crimes were thought to have been done by
three different people rather than one guy. And he got away with everything for about 45 years, 45 years. But when he was finally arrested, he just seemed like
this old frail grandpa. He looked like a toad,
you're like, "Him? That toad? Who's that toad?" Many people were like, "Could
this guy really be guilty of so many rapes and murders?" But aside from all of that,
the publicity surrounding this case, it's exciting to talk about. I don't know if exciting
is the right word. It's interesting to talk
about because it gives us hope that even when you think
a case has gone cold, we can eventually, hopefully
one day get justice. Technology is changing and evolving and moving forward every day. And it's, hopefully these
shithead murderers out there can't hide forever in a perfect world. I try to stay positive. Okay, so who is Joseph James DeAngelo, Jr? Wow, that is a name. He was born November 8th... (gasps) He was born today, that's creepy. Oh, God. Well, he was born November
8th, 1945 in Bath, New York. He was Joseph and Kathleen's first child and he was the oldest of four kids. He had two younger sisters
and also a younger brother. His father was a sergeant in the U.S Army. So they ended up moving around a lot. At one point when Joseph
Jr was a young child, they were stationed in West Germany. That's when he witnessed
his seven-year-old sister being raped by two airmen in a warehouse. I don't know the follow-up. Did he scream or say anything? I don't know, but this was mentioned because it obviously had a
very lasting impact on him and it was pretty traumatic
thing for his sister to experience, first of
all, and for him to witness. So it just had this imprint on his brain. It's so sad. This world is so gross. But unfortunately that
wasn't the only case of abuse in the family. One of his sisters claimed
later on in an interview that Joseph was abused by his
father while he was growing up. But Joseph never said that, but yeah. So pretty much not a great upbringing. Just sad, poor kids. But I have to do a different foundation because that one was just
cracking on me, it's so old. I think it's expired
honestly, but (laughs) anywho. So later the family moves
back to the United States, and from 1959 to 1960,
Joseph went to school in Rancho Cordova, California. In 1961, he was in high school, and he was on the school's
junior varsity baseball team. And in addition to doing
whatever normal teenagers did in the 1960s, Joseph also had
some less than ideal hobbies. Oh, I forgot to mention in the beginning. We're gonna mention everything today, animals abuse, murder, rape, okay? Just a little FYI. Most kids who are a
little off usually start with doing weird shit with animals, right? And that's what Joseph was doing, okay? He was in high school and
he was committing robberies, which was weird because he'd
break into people's houses and just steal random shit. And then he would just
kill a bunch of animals by blowing them up. Extreme, cheezel, wheeze. All of these are not great signs that he will be a contributing
member of society. I don't know if his
parents noticed or what, because apparently not, apparently not, 'cause we wanna be here right
now if his parents noticed. So he would go on to get his GED in 1964. And after that Joseph joined the Navy and he would end up serving for 22 months during the Vietnam war, when he was a damage controlman, which was basically an
emergency repair man. He would come home a
very decorated veteran. He earned a National
Defense Service Medal, a Vietnam Service Medal, and
a Vietnam Campaign Medal. Well-respected and also,
this is just an opinion, but he was probably super messed up from seeing some shit that
went down during that war. I mean, a lot of them were, so sad. In 1968, Joseph decided
that he wanted to be a cop. Oh no, yes he did. He's like, "I wanna be a police officer." So he ends up going back to school and he got his associates
degree in police science. And then he even graduated with honors. So then from there he went to
Sacramento State University to get his bachelor's
degree in criminal justice before going to another
college for police training. So, great, the smart
ones are the scariest. He would go on to complete
his 32-week police internship. And he would go on working
in the burglary unit. I can't say burglary, burglary. It just sounds so cartoony
when I say it, maybe not. Anyways, everyone seemed
to really like this guy. Of course they did, right? That's how it always goes. Everyone's like, "Wow,
he's such a great guy. He's serving the community
and he was great at his job. He seemed to love it." So on the surface of it,
it seems like the robberies he committed as a kid maybe influenced him to stop other criminals because he had the mind of a criminal. And he's like, "Oh, I'm gonna stop them and make this community a better place." He's getting on the straight and narrow. But once again, we're here, so of course that's not the case. But actually it might have
been more about learning how to better commit a crime
and how to get away with it. If you can't beat them, join them. He's working from the inside. So at first, Joseph's love life
seemed pretty normal, right? Okay, in may of 1970, he got engaged to his college girlfriend, Bonnie. As time goes on, Bonnie
realizes that this Joseph guy, her fiance, he's not as
great as she thought he was. As time was going on, she's noticing that he's more controlling
and he becomes abusive. There was one time when
they went hunting together. Technically it was an illegal
area where you're not supposed to hunt, but I guess
Bonnie didn't know that, but they rode on Joseph's motorcycle out into the area, right? The two of them. So when they were ready to
leave, the two hopped back onto the motorcycle and they headed out. Well, I guess at this time,
a dog came out, someone's dog came out of the area and
started chasing them. Started chasing them on the motorcycle. So Joseph ends up kicking the dog, but kicks him until the dog dies. And Bonnie was like,
"What the fuck was that?" She's never seen this side of him, and she was completely shocked. But I guess the straw that
broke the camel's back was when he asked her to help him cheat on an exam he was taking. And that's when she decided
to break off the engagement. I feel like the dog situation, oh no, that's enough to break, that's... But at least she got out. She saw the red flags and
she's like, "I'm out of here." Of course, leaving isn't that easy when you're stuck in
these awful relationships. Bonnie tries to end their engagement, but Joseph is threatening
her with a gun saying, "You're not going anywhere,
we're gonna get married." And Bonnie's like, "No,
this is not happening." And luckily she holds her ground and she ends the relationship. She packs her stuff and she
gets the hell out of there. Good for her. And after the breakup, Joseph
shows up outside Bonnie's home and her dad is there, and he tells Bonnie, her dad tells Bonnie, "Go
lock yourself in the bathroom while I go deal with this creep." And to this day, nobody knows
what Bonnie's dad said to him to make him leave. But after that, he never
bothered Bonnie again. So thank God for him. Later, people reported
that Joseph would say, "I hate you Bonnie," while
carrying out his attacks. What a dick? Well, Joseph would end up
moving on from his heartbreak and he would get married to a woman named Sharon Huddle in 1973. So in addition to being a newlywed, Joseph was over here
just being super busy. He had a lot going on
between 1973 and 1986. So in order to keep things organized, we're gonna talk about his
crimes in batches of three, just helps a little bit I
think, 'cause he did a lot. He did a lot. We we'd be here for hours. My God, this man. Because in may of 1973,
there was a spree of crimes happening in the San Joaquin Valley. And this was credited to a killer given the name Cordova Cat Burglar, which may or may not have been Joseph. Many think the Cordova
Cat Burglar was Joseph, but it was the very first case recorded for the Visalia Ransacker. But the Ransacker guy, the V. Ransacker, that was indeed Joseph. And that happened in the same
area on March 19th in 1974. Now at first, the attacks were
super random because, okay, Joseph would break into a
house and he would steal $50 in coins from a piggy bank. That was his first hit. And in fact, for the most part,
all of Joseph's burglaries committed during this Ransacker phase was maybe just practice. He ignored large amounts of money in these homes that he's robbing. And he ignored high valued items that were just laying around the house. So it seemed like it wasn't
necessarily for money. He was just doing it for the
thrill maybe or practice. But what he did do was
caused just a lot of chaos. He would break into
houses, he would go digging through everyone's drawers,
he would break people's stuff, he would shove stuff off
of the shelves and stuff, he would throw women's
lingerie and underwear around, he would move different
things to different parts of the house to where
they didn't belong before, and then he would steal low valued things. He would empty piggy banks and coin jars, he would steal historic foreign coins, and he would grab random
things like a single earring or a cufflink in addiction
to rings and whatnot. Just one of them, just one earring. He also stole something
called Blue Chip Stamps, which were essentially a loyalty program for the local grocery store or pharmacy. These stamps would get you
discounts on stuff at the store. So he would steal those. Guess he loved to bargain, I don't know. A couple of times he did steal
some weapons or ammunition, but it was rare. So when he committed these crimes, he would stash his car somewhere. And then he would take
different routes of the parks, ditches, trails that he knew
pretty well, which would allow for a faster getaway if
he had to run from police, 'cause you can't make
on a street in a car, but he could on foot. He would also pry open
multiple points of entry and take off any window screens he found, leaving multiple points of escape open when he needed to get out quick. During his attacks, he also wore gloves 'cause he didn't wanna leave fingerprints. And then he often set up a warning system to let him know if someone was coming. So this would be dishes or bottles placed up against the door or on the
door handle, so it would crash and just make a bunch of
noise, letting them know it was time to skedaddle
right out of there. Someone is coming. Over the course of 20 months, Joseph committed 120 burglaries. So that's a lot, I think
that's safe to say. 20 months, let me see, yeah. If you think about that,
yeah, that's a lot. This guy's a little fucking creepy. Okay? Okay. Joseph put in a lot of
effort to not get caught, and he didn't really steal much. He just basically trashed these places and took a couple of things. He was like, "Cool, thanks, bye." When he was 28, that's when he started
doing these burglaries. So maybe he just enjoyed the
thrill or the adrenaline, the chaos, the control of it all. What many wanna know is
how in the world this man did so much sneaking
around, staying out late and his wife didn't have any idea. Well, I mean, he could say he was working as a police officer and
that's long nights and stuff. So I could see where the wife
might not suspect anything. But I don't know. My face is orange, isn't it? So Joseph decides to take it up a notch. He's a little bored. September 11th, 1975, Joseph
goes out around 2:00 AM, okay? He breaks into this home,
beautiful home, great. He finds a 16-year-old
girl, her name is Beth. She's sleeping in her room, and he decides, "I'm
gonna kidnap her," okay? So he has a flashlight with him
and he shines the flashlight in her face to wake her
up, and then he's like, "I'm gonna shoot you or stab
you if you don't come with me. One or the other, those are your options." Usually Joseph was very planned. Planned everything, very detailed. But this time he was not
ready or he didn't think this all the way through because the girl, her dad was home, okay? And he was asleep in the next room, and here he just is hearing
some weird noises going on. So the dad gets up and he notices that the back door is open. So he's like, "Oh, what the fuck?" And he runs out and
then finds that Joseph, who is now a Joseph, but he
finds a man wearing a ski mask in the carport with his daughter, okay? So he's yelling after him. Joseph shoots him twice and
then sadly, her dad passes away. This really freaked Joseph out. He ends up letting her go. He kicks her in the face,
he hops on a bicycle, then he just paddles away
and leaves Beth behind. So that didn't go well for him,
which sadly, that guy died. Anyway, so he ends up ditching the bicycle not far from the house. Cops come out, they find the stolen bike. It's literally not that far. He drops it, Joseph runs. He gets away. Because someone was killed,
cops increased the task force working on catching this Ransacker. They would also post a $4,000 reward for the capture of whoever this man was. And just for comparison
sake, $4,000 back in 1975 would be 19,000 today. So it's a good amount of money. They just want this guy caught because first he's doing
a lot of burglaries and now he's upping to murdering someone. The police also start
doing a nightly stakeout where Joseph had previously hit the house. They're thinking that he
might return to the same area, but Joseph's not dumb and he's like, "I'm not going back there. I know what they're doing." He knows what they're doing
because he's working with them. One of the last of his crimes in this area was on December 12th, 1975 at 8:30 PM. Joseph put on a mask and he
entered the backyard of a house that wasn't too far from the neighborhood that he normally hit. There actually was a police officer on stakeout in the garage. And the cop saw Joseph or he saw a man, and tried to detain him. And he also fired a warning shot at him. But Joseph shouted removed his mask, holding it in his right hand and pretended to give
himself up and surrender. But then he pulled out his
gun and he ended up shooting the officer near the face. I guess it just shattered
the cop's flashlight. So then Joseph fleeces the scene and he left behind some tennis shoe prints in the mud and his loot, which again was some Blue Chip Stamps. And also a blue sock full of coins. So in 1976, Joseph gets a job working for the Auburn Police Department. So he and his wife moved to
Sacramento, the Sacramento area. And this will end his
time as the V. Ransacker. Just because he moved out,
doesn't mean his crimes stopped. Starting in June of 1976,
he would be given the name, the East Area Rapist,
so he ups it a notch. Sometimes he would spend his
time just ransacking closets and drawers, eating food in the kitchen or drinking their beers. He would steal people's
personal objects or items, stuff that had little or no value to it. It's just whatever he found
interesting or something. I don't know what he
was doing, I don't know. If he found cash, he would take that. But again, it was stuff that
really wasn't that valuable. But for the most part,
the focus of his breaking and entering was now to just
rape the women who lived there. Joseph would stock
neighborhoods, looking for women who lived in a middle-class neighborhood. He was specifically look
for women who lived alone in a one-story house, usually
near a school or a creek, or something next to
a trail, an open space that would allow him
to make a quick escape while staying off of the street. The night before this person's
house would be attacked, they would report hearing
something in the bushes, like someone was lurking
around or something. And then that night their
house would be attacked. Often this Joseph dude, he
would call his future victims. Sometimes for months he would call them trying to figure out
what was their routine. When were they home?
When were they not home? He would also prep the house in advanced before breaking in. So when they were gone, he would break in and unlock windows,
unload guns, stash things to tie women up with around the house. That way, when he broke
in and did his attack, it would be a lot easier 'cause he knew the situation
was controlled, creepy. Well, when the night finally
came, he would then break in through a window or
a sliding glass door, sneak into the bedroom. He would wake up his
victim, threatened them, like hold a flashlight in their face, threaten them with the handgun. He would then tie her
up with either shoelaces or something he brought with him, and then blindfold and gagged them. In the beginning, Joseph
preferred single women, although sometimes they would have kids. But then an article mentioned
that this mysterious raper was in the area, right? And this person never
seemed to attack a house that had a man in it. Well, I guess Joseph
was reading this article and he was like, "Hey, that's interesting. I'll take the physical challenge." So he decides, "You know what? I'm gonna switch gears a little bit and now I'm going to attack couples. Oh yes, they think I can't
do it, I'm gonna do it now." So he took that as a literal challenge. Great, so he sees this as a challenge and he decides to switch gears. Now he's like, "I'm
gonna break into houses that have a man and a woman." So Joseph, he would do that. And then he would wake both of them up, force the victim to tie their partner up, and then Joseph would
tie up the other one, the husband and wife. After the couple was tied up,
before leaving the bedroom, he would turn the guy on his
stomach or make the guy lay on his stomach, place a stack
of dishes on the guy's back. And this was again, an
alarm system set up. And he would say, he would tell the guy, "Listen, if I hear any noises
come from these dishes, I'll come back and I'll kill
everybody in this house." So of course, terrified,
they're not gonna move. And then after that,
he would take the woman into the living room and then rape her, knowing that the poor guy's
listening in the other room. And it was just all sorts
of disturbing, so gross. So once Joseph was done, he
would then sneak out quietly, and his victims, they would
still be tied up and stuff, and they wouldn't know
if he'd left or not. And they were too afraid to move thinking, "What if he's still in the house and he hears the dishes move? He's gonna come back and kill us." So a lot of them will
just lay there for hours, not knowing if he was
still in the house or not, just torture, torture. But when he did leave, Joseph
usually would leave on foot or he would bring a
bicycle or steal a bicycle. I just think of the wicked witch, but that's not the point. But he just always stayed off the street. A bicycle, just crazy
murderer on a bicycle. It just is... It just doesn't sound right. (laughs) There was a couple of times
where Joseph was spotted and someone tried to shoot
him, but he always got away. He always got away. Well, obviously, 'cause
this guy's well-trained, he's a fricking police officer and shit. So word is getting out on the
street or within the community that there's a serial rapist going around. And obviously a lot of
people are concerned. So they end up holding
a town hall meeting. During this meeting, a guy
stood up and he was like, "If he comes to my house, I'll kill him." Well, I guess Joseph must
have been at the meeting hiding in plain sight, because
that man and his family were the next victims
of the East Area Rapist. Fucking A, man. So on March 18th, 1977, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office received three phone
calls from a guy claiming to be the East Area Rapist. The first two calls were 15 minutes apart. One was at 4:15 and the
next was at 4:30 PM. And on the call was a
man who was just laughing and then hung up. And then on his third
call, which was at 5:00 PM, whoever was on the phone was like, "I'm the East Side Rapist." And like, "I have my next
victim already stalked and you guys can't catch me." Just a total loser wanting attention. What is he doing? Now unfortunately, no one
recorded these calls, okay? And they were never confirmed to be Joseph on the other end of the
call, but many think it was. But that very night that
the phone calls happened at 10:45 PM, another woman was attacked. So maybe Joseph was just feeling bold and maybe he was trying to make his crimes a little bit more exciting for him. I don't know, what he's. He's obviously not all
right in the noggin. So, 23 of the 50 rapes Joseph committed as the East Area Rapist
where between June of 1976 and may of 1977. Eight of them happened
after those phone calls. Then oddly enough, for some reason no one knows why, Joseph
took a three-month break before starting up again in September. Maybe he and his wife went on a vacation. Yeah, summer vacation or something. Or maybe he was trying
to lay low, who knows? But he disappeared for three months. When Joseph did start back up again, he mostly stayed in Sacramento,
but then in March of 1978, he started to hit neighboring counties. He would hit Stockton
and Modesto, California, just to mix things up a bit. His pattern seemed to be
changing consistently. And it was just making it
harder for police to know where this guy's gonna hit next. December 2nd, 1977, a man claiming to be the East Area Rapist called the
Sacramento Police Department saying something along the lines of, "You're never gonna catch me. I'm the East Area Rapist, you dumb fucks. I'm gonna fuck again tonight,
you should be careful." That's what he said. Not me, that's what he said. And he did just that, at
11:30 PM, he struck again. He was busy. Then shortly before 10:00
PM on December 10th, 1977, authorities received two
identical phone calls where the guy on the other
end of the line was like, "I'm gonna to hit tonight, Watt Avenue." Fortunately, cops were able
to record both of these calls. Great, they confirmed that
the caller was the same person from the December, 2nd call. Finally, making a little progress here. Now, there was no record
of an attack that night, but at 2:30 AM, police were patrolling and spotted a masked man
riding a bicycle on Watt Avenue under Watt Avenue Bridge. So at 4:30 AM, they saw
the same person again, but this time he didn't have
a bicycle, he was running. He was just running away. So despite the increased patrol, cops still couldn't catch
this guy, if it was Joseph, but maybe they were at
least able to stop him from attacking that night. Trying to stay positive here. But yeah, they see him and they
couldn't get him, that's... They see him twice and they
weren't able to get him. The police department
and the sheriff's office, they weren't the only
ones that were in contact with someone claiming to
be the East Area Rapist. Oh, nay nay, of course not. This man wants attention. You see what happened
is, in December of 1977, a poem titled "Excitement's Crave" was sent to the mayor's
office, the local news station and the daily news paper,
the Sacramento Bee. And honestly, it's not very poetic. So he was writing now
poetry about his work and he's now a poet and
we didn't even know it. Not only is he a rapist,
he's also into poetry. So then some of Joseph's victims
that he already attacked, they were getting phone calls, okay? So on December, 9th, the
night before he called to tell the cops that he
was gonna attack someone on Watt Avenue, someone reached
out to the previous victim saying, "Merry Christmas, it's me again." It was him. He called one of his
previous victims to tell them Merry Christmas, just to
fricking torture them. Special kind of fucked up. So now he's just torturing
his previous victims. Could you imagine? No, no. He did this with a couple
of his previous victims. I guess when he would call
these victims, he would... His voice was very low,
he'd be whispering. And it was just super creepy. Yeah, especially if
you were just attacked, I'm sure it's super creepy. You'd be like, "What the fuck? You just attack me, now
you're harassing me? Get a goddamn life." Great, so that's what he's doing. He's calling people up because he's bored. Okay, remember, he's married. Joseph, he's married. How does his wife not suspect something? Does he seem a little
bit more agitated? Angry? Is he coming home with weird collectibles? She didn't notice anything? Okay, well, on January 6,
a phone call comes in again claiming to be the East Area Rapist. And he calls into the... It's like a counseling
hotline where they help people who need some counseling. So this person calls in and
says, "I'm the East Area Rapist. Hi, it's me." And tell us the person
on the other end, like, "I have a problem and I need help because I don't wanna do this anymore." And then after the short conversation, this caller just randomly said, "I think you're tracing this
call," and then hung up. If it was Joseph, maybe the
fear of being caught outweighed the desire to get help,
maybe he was drunk, maybe he was actually feeling some remorse over the choices he was making. I guess we'll never know, really. So during his spree, as
the East Area Rapist, he did end up killing two
people, which was rare, okay? 'Cause he was only raping people, but now he had ended
up killing two people. It was February 2nd, 1978. There was a young couple
out walking their dog. And it was an area that Joseph had hit five different times. So they were walking their
dog and they run into Joseph, and I guess there's some confrontation. Not sure what was said or
what was done, whatever. But the couple, they try to run and then they were shot to death. Investigators suspected it had
been Joseph who killed them based on the location and
the fact that some shoelaces had been found at the scene. But it wasn't really announced that he was their main suspect
until June 15th, 2016. Yeah, a fricking long time later. And then it was confirmed
they were murdered by Joseph on June 29th, 2020. Yeah, bitch, what? On December 9th, 1978, Joseph
attacked a house at 2:00 AM in a town called Danville in
Contra Costa, California, yeah. Cops are investigating the
area where a suspicious vehicle had been parked when they
find three pieces of paper. So they see this
suspicious looking vehicle. They're looking inside the vehicle and they find these three pieces of paper. The first piece of paper looked
like it was homework, okay? It looked like school homework, weird. And it seemed like it was
an essay of some sorts. And then on the second page, there seemed to be a journal entry about how much this person
who was writing on this paper hated their sixth grade teacher. They're like, "Wow, this kid
really hates this teacher." But on the third page, is what
intrigued police the most. On one side of the page, the
word punishment was written in a sloppy handwriting. And on the other side
was a drawing of a map of the neighborhood. And the police, they couldn't figure out what neighborhood it was, but
they felt like it was a map that represented the rapist's
desired hunting ground, and somehow held clues that
they couldn't seem to unlock. Oh my God, what if it was just some kid making a map or something? 'Cause they never figured
out what the map was of, what area it was. But they thought it was... What's his name? Joseph. But now that I'm sitting
here thinking about it, what if it was just some
kids shitting in there? Kids like to... No, punishment? I don't know, Bailey. You know what sucks? Without DNA, I don't know how
they were solving mysteries. Well, obviously they
weren't solving mysteries. I mean, this is a different game. It's like, how do you figure
those shenanigans out? Anyways, so after they
discover these pages that they believe is linked to Joseph, he would attack seven more times. And not long after the rape,
he committed on July 5th, 1979, Joseph, he had a little slip
up that could have derailed his whole double life and
everything he had going on. Oh yes, a little slip
up, nobody's perfect. And he was getting a little
cocky, I think, I'm not sure. Okay, so Joseph, yeah,
here's where he messes up. He shoplifts and he
ends up getting caught. So then he gets arrested for shoplifting. Right? Great. He gets caught shoplifting
a hammer and dog repellent. That in itself should hold him
longer than just shoplifting. It seemed like if anything, he was getting about to
murder a damn animal. Anyways, so he gets arrested like, "Why are you stealing the
stuff you (indistinct) now?" Joseph got off pretty easy. He was only sentenced
to six months probation. But they had him, they had him. So I guess the police department didn't wanna have a
criminal on their force. And he ended up getting
fired in October of 1979. Now Joseph, he was not too
thrilled about being fired. That was not in his plan. So then he gets fired and he threatens to kill the police chief, okay? He's like, "I'm gonna fucking kill you." And he ends up stalking the police chief. His home, the area, and just being a real
creep about it, okay? You would think this kind of
behavior suggests that maybe someone should have looked
into him a little bit better because he's obviously
not well, but they didn't. He was just like, "Wow, that guy is weird. He needs to let it go. He keeps stalking me, weird." Do you think that would
have set off some red flags? I'm sorry, we asked too much, don't we? Yeah, I know. So Joseph loses his job. He's like, "I lost my job." So he decides, "Okay, we need
to pick up a move again." So him and his wife, they moved
down to Southern California to get a new start. So with this new start, he's
got a new start with crime. Great, he's excited, new area. Joseph's final crime spree
happened in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and the Orange County area, which earned him the name
the Original Night Stalker. (laughs) Yeah. So at first he was known
as just the Night Stalker, but as you may remember from my... I did a previous story, Ricardo Ramirez. He was also given the
name the Night Stalker from his crime spree in 1984 and 1985. Because of the mix-up happening, right? Joseph's Night Stalker crime
spree was then nicknamed the Original Night Stalker. They can't think of anything else. They're like, "That's all we caught. How about Original
Night Stalker?" (laughs) So, okay, not to get
confused with Night Stalker. This is the Original Night Stalker, great. October, 1979, Joseph was back at it. This time in Southern California, he wasn't just burglarizing
and raping people. Now, he was just straight
up murdering people too. So just really progressed. His first two victims would
end up surviving his attacks, but many others were not so lucky. Joseph's first attack as
the Original Night Stalker was on October 1st, and
he broke into a home, he tied the couple up,
he's telling them like, "I'm gonna kill you, I'll kill them." And of course, the
couple was freaking out. Who wouldn't? Great, but you understand. And as soon as Joseph leaves the room, I guess the woman, she's trying to escape, she's realizing she can't. And then she starts screaming
at the top of her lungs. And she's really hoping to
alert one of her neighbors. Now, normally, Joseph's victims
didn't scream like that. No one had actually tried him like that. And he was like, "Oh
shit, she's screaming." So he knows that this is
gonna mean trouble for him. And at that point, after she's screaming, he decides to just bail. So he hops on his bicycle
and he just peddles away. The woman is screaming, right? Joseph is peddling away. Well guess what? The neighbor that's
hearing the woman scream, he ends up being an FBI
agent and he runs outside, he spots Joseph trying to make
his get away on the bicycle. And this guy starts to chase after him. For some reason, Joseph thinks
he's got a better chance avoiding getting caught by
just getting off the bike and running on foot. So he does just that and he's
able to get away from him. He almost gets caught
so many different times. It's like, dammit! His second attack as the
Original Night Stalker was a bit more successful. (indistinct) I guess, you could say. On December 30th, Joseph
breaks into the home of a couple named Robert and Deborah. And he kills them before stealing a bike from the apartment next door
and then making his getaway. The couple was found shot to death, but Robert's bindings were untied, which suggests to
investigators that he attempted some attack on Joseph. Maybe he was able to get out or something. Police found the stolen
bike abandoned not too far from the apartment. And they also found large
dog prints at the scene, which made them think like, "Did Joseph bring a dog with him?" That was new, that was a new move. There had never been evidence of a dog at the crime scene before. But also he... Remember he stole dog repellent? So maybe it was someone else's dog and Joseph scared it away. Maybe it was their dog. On March 13th, 1980, Joseph attacks again. This time attacking a couple. He breaks in, he ties
their wrist and ankles with a drapery cord
before he rapes the woman. And then bludgeons them both
to death with a log taken from the woodpile on
the side of their house. Now police find something
unique about this attack, okay? An unusual Chinese knot
called at diamond knot was used to bind the woman's wrists. This is the same knot
that was used on at least one of the confirmed victims
of the east Area Rapist. So this is the first time that
they're making the connection that these could be linked together. So Joseph was given another name, which I don't think I
mentioned at the beginning, the Diamond Knot Killer. Why do they spend more
time naming the killers than they do try to solve the crime? They're like, "What should
we name him this time? Diamond Knot, you guys? Yeah, let's do that." Joseph's next victims
were a newlywed couple. One of them was a student at UC Irvine and the other was a nurse. They had been married for just a couple... They have to... Just a couple of months. And they lived in a really
nice gated community out in Dana Point, California. So on August 19th, just three
months after the wedding, Joseph broke into their
apartment, tied them both up, raped the woman before
bludgeoning both of them to death. This time, Joseph didn't
leave a murder weapon behind, and he actually even took
whatever he tied their hands and wrists with, which was different 'cause he would normally leave it behind. What Joseph didn't realize he left behind was a really angry rich brother, which we'll get to that later, 'cause shit's coming to you bro. At some point during 1980,
Joseph and his wife, Sharon, buy a house in Citrus Heights, California, but that doesn't seem to
stop him from attacking two more times in 1981. On February 6th, 1981,
Joseph entered the home of a 28-year-old woman. He tied her up, once again, raped her and then bludgeoned her to death. And like the crime scene at the
home of the previous couple, he didn't leave behind the murder weapon or whatever he tied her up with. And he did move a television
outside in the backyard. I don't know. Maybe he was trying to make
it look like it was a failed robbery and keep the police off his trail, but maybe he wanted the TV. Maybe, I don't know. On July 27th, Joseph decided to return
to his old stomping ground. And he went back to an area
that was only a few blocks away from the neighborhood he first visited as the Original Night Stalker. And Joseph, he enters the house through a small bathroom window. And that's when he runs until
the guy who lives there, okay? Now this guy, he's like 27 years old. And police believe that
this guy, he must have tried to attack Joseph because
he had no marks on him suggesting that he had been tied up. They found his head covered
with clothes that seemed to have been pulled from the closet, with a gunshot wound in the cheek, and evidence that he was
killed with a garden tool. And then there's a
woman in the house also. And she was found with
bruises on her and ankles that suggested she had been tied up and then she was raped
and bludgeoned to death. While the restraints were
missing from her body, cops did find a piece of
shipping twine near the bed. And there were fibers all over her body that they couldn't identify. Cops thought maybe the
attacker worked as a painter or a similar type of job at
the shopping center nearby, but they weren't sure. They were like, "We have
theories, but that's about it." Joseph's final attack
was on May 4th, 1986. He breaks into a home
where there's a teenager. She's home alone, her
family's away on vacation, and she got left behind. Maybe she wanted to. Either way, Joseph enters her home, he bludgeoned her to
death and then rapes her. There was a pipe wrench that
was missing from the house and police believe that
that was the murder weapon. And then that was it. 41-year-old Joseph's 13-year
crime spree came to an end. It's unclear what Joseph
was up to in terms of work during the 1980s, but
starting in the 1990s, he worked as a truck
mechanic in California and then he retired in 2017. There's really not much
known about his personal life other than he and his wife, Sharon, have three daughters together. And then they ended up separating in 1991. Unclear why they separated. I would bet he probably stopped killing when she had children. I don't know. That's just my theory that
I have, I just don't know. I don't know. So over the years of
different police departments investigated their
crime sprees separately, pursuing all the cases
as individual crimes and not as one person. And no one thought that the
Southern California murders were connected to the ones up north. There was one detective up in Sacramento who thought that the East Area Rapist had committed the same crimes down south. But the Santa Barbara
Sheriff's Department insisted it was the work of a local
criminal they had their eye on. But this guy that they had their eye on, he ended up getting murdered. So that guy was out. Finally, in 2001, DNA from
several of the East Area Rapist cases were connected to DNA
found at crimes committed by the Original Night Stalker, officially linking the two crime sprees. Whoa! Finally! The DNA was such a game changer. Thank God for the DNA. DNA doesn't lie. DNA doesn't lie. So they finally linked the two. Then they give him another name. (scoffs) They combine them
to Earons, E-A-R-O-N-S. Which again, it's just like
they're spending too much time on the names I feel like, but whatever. Yeah, so he gets another fricking name. So this case just really went
cold for a very long time. Now, at the time, there was a crime writer and a citizen sleuth, Michelle McNamara was also pursuing the case. Now she wanted to help figure
out who this monster was. And I think she just overall
got obsessed with this story. Who was this guy? Why was he never caught? She just wanted to know everything. So Michelle gave him another
name, the Golden State Killer. And she ended up writing a
book, you should read it. It's called, "I'll Be Gone in the Dark." And it came out in 2013. I believe there's also a... Is it on HBO? Ooh, what's it on? It's, there's a Netflix
series maybe about her book? Of course the book is always better. So I would suggest you check it out. But she saw Joseph as her nemesis and she was actively pursuing him. She was following his crime. She was making links that
nobody else was making. She was bringing this case to life, because it had gotten cold for so long. And then sadly, Michelle died. She died in 2016 and she died
before her book was finished. But her husband at the
time, Patton Oswalt, he helped get the book finished
and published it for her. And then it became published in 2018, and it became a best seller. She mysteriously died. Someone tell me what she died of? I always thought that was just
a little odd, a little weird. I bring that up because
she's the one who really, I think, brought the story
back to light for sure. She was opening the doors,
having conversations about it, bringing his name back into the media. Her book, amazing. So this is indirectly related to Joseph, but remember that there
was a young newlywed couple who was murdered in 1980, and I said, the brother
was rich or whatever. So the rich brother ends
up spending $2 million supporting California Proposition 69, which authorized DNA collection
from all California felons and other criminals. So he backed this thing up and put lots of money into it, right? The proposition passed in
2004, which helped establish the California DNA
database, which collects DNA from all accused and convicted
felons in California, making California the third
largest database in the world. And the effectiveness for
solving cold cases is incredible, with California coming
second to only Virginia in the country. Hell yeah. So with that being said, this
is not good for criminals, because their DNA will be in the system. Also it's a very controversial topic. Some people have very
mixed feelings about it, but we'll talk about that in a minute. On June 15th, 2016, the FBI
released new crime details and some new sketches of who
they thought this suspect was. They also announced that
there was a $50,000 reward. Yeah, they were just really hoping to figure out who did this. Finally in January of 2018,
they had a serious breakthrough. I know, 2018 though, damn. Investigators use this
thing called GEDmatch, which is an online service
that compares DNA files from different genetic testing companies. Investigators knew that the DNA from the different crime
scenes matched one another. So they were able to upload
the DNA found in the rape kit from the 1980 Ventura County
murder into the system. So the DNA allowed them to
identify a very distant relative of Joseph from the 1800s, very distant relative to say the least. This relative however, was connected to about 25 different DeAngelo
family trees, a lot of trees. And these trees had
thousands of people on them. But at least they had
somewhere to start with. At least they had a plan. Using other clues investigators had, like, age, sex, place of possible
residence during the crimes, they were able to slowly narrow
down the list of subjects. But then in 2018, there
was a lady who was working, helping upload DNA into the system. She ends up finding a closer
match to the killer's DNA. Then they'd narrow it down even more, and they're using ancestry.com
to really pinpoint who this person is. So, okay, they get it
narrowed down all the way to six possible suspects. They're getting close. They are getting fucking close. And they had gotten it
narrowed down until Joseph and one other family member remained. Now that person was ruled
out of the DNA test, leaving Joseph as the
only remaining suspect. Oh shit, that must've been so exciting. Like, "We fucking got him, bitch." So then on April 18th, a
DNA sample was carefully and secretly collected off
of Joseph's car door handle. I guess he went shopping
at Hobby Lobby, great. They got some DNA off of his
car thing when he was gone. Someone else also dug through
Joseph's garbage can outside and got a used tissue, great. Both were a DNA match for the
Golden State Killer crimes. Yeah, you wanna celebrate,
but at the same time, it's like, "Oh God, this guy is nasty." He thought he could run forever. Nay nay, bitch. Nay nay, gotcha. Just ignore my lip liner, okay? So on April 24th, 2018,
police finally arrested 72-year-old Joseph. Yup, and guess what? He lived in his little
house in Citrus Heights where he was living with his
daughter and granddaughter. Must've been so sad for them. He got to live his whole
life, first of all. Okay, so they arrive at his
house to arrest him, right? And they're like, "Joseph
DeAgelo, you're under arrest." Or whatever they say, all dramatically. And Joseph's first response was, "But I have a roast in the oven." He was very concerned about his roast. That was his response, okay, great. I guess it's like, what do you expect? What do you think he's gonna say? "Oh, you got me. Oh, you did it. Congratulations, you found me." Well, during the time
of the initial arrest, Joseph was charged with eight
counts of first-degree murder attributed to the Golden State Killer. And then on May 10th, the Santa
Barbara District Attorney's Office charged him with
four additional counts of first degree murder, good. Well, there was no DNA linking Joseph to the Central Valley cases,
the very beginning ones. The chief of police stated that he was 100% confident it was him. Shortly after his arrest, Joseph
made a very weird statement that he was, I mean, that
was almost like a confession. He mentioned that he had this
inner personality named Jerry who was forcing him to commit crimes. And according to the prosecution,
Joseph said the following while hanging out in the police
interrogation room alone. He said, "I didn't have the
strength to push him out. He went with me. It was like in my head. I mean, he's a part of me. I didn't want to do those things. I pushed Jerry out and had a happy life. I did all those things. I destroyed all their lives. So now I've got to pay the price." So he said that in the confession room, which essentially is,
right, he's admitting. Yeah, so Jerry made him do whatever. You did it though, Joseph. People said that there were warning signs over the years, which is so frustrating 'cause of course, people
say that after the fact, but no one wants to say it
when it's happening, right? We're chicken shits. Anyways, Joseph's
brother-in-law claimed that Joseph had casually brought
up the East Area Rapist during a conversation, one time around when the
original crimes were happening, but no one thought much of it, but it gave him a weird feeling. His coworkers at the supermarket said he was just a regular guy,
except he never smiled. His neighbors did not
like him at all, okay? They called him a unlikeable curmudgeon. What's a curmudgeon? Who would frequently have
this loud profane outburst. See, now that's some flags, right? At one time a neighbor
even got a voicemail where Joseph threatened
to deliver a load of death because Joseph didn't like
that their dog was barking all night or something. Well, in July, 2018, his
strange wife, Sharon, finally files for a divorce,
which was finalized in 2019. And during their divorce proceedings, she does say that she
was fooled by him, okay? He would have tons of
excuses; working late nights, he was visiting his
parents, he was working. He was always working. She said she had no idea. 'Cause many people were
like, "How did she not know?" I think it's possible to not know. I don't think... I hate when people assume
that they always know. I don't know. (laughs) So she was saying that she
was a victim to him as well. She had no idea. Many people found it hard to
believe that she didn't think he had some double life going
on because he did so much. But yeah, she said that she has lost her ability to trust people. Don't blame her, okay? We don't blame her. However, this part was a little upsetting. There were other family members
who were writing letters to the judge telling him that the man that they were prosecuting, this man that was being
considered a monster was actually the polar opposite. One of his nieces described
him as a loving father figure, while another said that he was her hero who took her camping and fishing. His daughter described how
he would be a good listener. (laughs) Sorry. She said, "The father I know
and love is a good person. It's not this man." Sorry, sorry. Surprise, plot twist, your
dad, your uncle, your relative is a piece of shit. Sorry about it. Accept it, you have to. He could be two things, a piece
of shit and a good father. It's very rare, but yeah. They just wanted them
to have mercy on him. It's like, "Eww." He ruined so many people's lives. Did you guys watch it? 'Cause you could watch the court hearing. It happened, when? The last year or so. I'm telling you 'cause
it was during COVID. So he had on that face mask thing. Many victims and the families
of the victim spoke out at the hearing as well saying
now that they were able to get closure and then
others took the stand with a way more angry approach, which is totally valid and fine. One woman wore a shirt that
was bedazzled that said, "Rot in hell," loved that, great. When his victims got
up to speak one by one, Joseph remained stone face the entire time refusing to look at any of them. It must've been nice for
those victims and the families to be able to say what
they've been wanting to say. Most people don't get that. Between 1973 and 1986,
the three crime sprees resulted in 13 murders, 50 rapes and 120 burglaries across California. But due to the statute of
limitations, Joseph was not able to be charged with any of
the rapes or burglaries. He was able to be charged
with 13 counts of murder and 13 counts of kidnapping, great. On June 29th, 2020, Joseph
pled guilty to all 13 counts of first degree murder
and special circumstances, which included murder committed
during rapes and burglaries as well as 13 counts of kidnapping. And then on July 21st,
2020, Joseph DeAngelo received multiple
consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. And he did stand up and
offer a brief apology. After listening to the days of
the victim impact statements, he stood up and said, "I listened
to all of your statements, each one of them, and I'm truly sorry for
everyone I've hurt." I would be the lady with
the bedazzled shirt. Yeah, what a journey? What a long journey? Can't believe he got caught, right? Good, and as of February of this year, he is currently incarcerated
at the California State Prison in California, great. This story is wild, right? Wild, I can't believe they caught him. I mean, you remember it was just what? A year ago, two years? I don't know what year it is right now, 'cause I don't know where we're at, but a year ago, the news
announced him being caught. Everyone was losing their shit, yeah. It sucks at this guy got to
live majority of his life, just normal happy and free. But at least the victims and
the victim's family got to say what they've been wanting to
say and he will die in prison. That's something, I guess. So that's a really
complicated, awful story of the Golden State Killer,
AKA all the other names he had. I'm losing my voice. This man was absolutely disgusting. I hope he has a miserable time in prison. Yeah, not sorry about it. I would love to hear your
guy's thoughts down below. If you have any. I mean, he did so much more. I would suggest reading that book. And yeah, there's just a lot to it, but I felt like this was very
long because it was. (laughs) Thank you guys so much for
hanging out with me today. I hope you have a
wonderful rest of your day. Please be safe out there
and make good choices. And let me know down below who you want me to talk about next week. But other than that, I'll
be seeing you guys later. Bye.
