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[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ]

Narrator: 1970, SANTA CRUZ.

SURF CULTURE IS KING AND THE HIPPIE REVOLUTION ROLLS ON.

IN THE FALL, A MURDER SPREE BEGINS.

[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]

[sobbing] NO-O!

NO-O-O-O!

Clarnell: GIRLS KEEP GETTING INTO CARS AND DISAPPEARING.

Connor: DON'T GET INTO CARS WITH ANY STRANGE MEN.

LET US OUT!

I SAID, LET US OUT!

DOLENS: This is the slaughter of the innocents.

[sobbing] NO-O-O-O!

STOP!

Narrator: WELCOME TO MURDER CITY.

[ THWACK ]

[ SOFT BOUNCE ]

♪♪

--Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

♪ OH ♪

♪ OH-OH-OH-OH OH ♪

♪ OH-OH OH OH-OH OH ♪

♪ OH-OH-OH-OH OH ♪

♪ OH ♪

♪ OH-OH-OH-OH OH ♪

♪ OH-OH OH OH-OH OH ♪

♪ OH-OH-OH-OH OH ♪

[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]

YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, SWEETIE!

BUT YOU CANNOT [DOOR SLAMS]

TOUCH YOUR SISTER THAT WAY. [locks door]

[distorted] ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY

WHO WAS LOVED BY EVERYONE,

BUT MOST OF ALL, BY HIS GRANDMOTHER.

SHE GAVE HIM A RED CAP,

WHICH SUITED HIM SO WELL, HE WOULD NEVER TAKE IT OFF.

[ SOBBING ]

THE LITTLE BOY BECAME KNOWN AS RED CAP.

AND SOON, THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD KNOW HIS NAME.

[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]

30 BUCKS. -[LAUGHS]

-SET ME BACK 30 BUCKS. -OH, MAN.

YEAH. WELL, I'M NOT MESSING UP ANOTHER PAIR.

THEY LOOK LIKE HOT DOGS TO ME.

HOT DOGS?

THESE ARE HAND-STITCHED ITALIAN LOAFERS, MY FRIEND.

187. WHERE IS IT?

IT'S NOT COMPLETELY A 187, SIR.

WELL, THERE'S EITHER A DEAD BODY, OR THERE'S NOT.

IT'S JUST A HEAD.

THE REST OF IT?

WE CAN'T FIND IT.

YOU DO A FULL SEARCH?

YEP.

WHO FOUND THE HEAD, HIPPIES?

HIKERS.

OKAY.

[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]

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HELL OF A WAY TO POP YOUR HOMICIDE CHERRY.

NOPE. LOOK.

THE TEETH ARE ALL SMASHED, TO PREVENT I.D.

DRUG DEAL GONE BAD?

MM. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE LONGHAIRS

ARE UP TO, THESE DAYS?

WHAT DO YOU FIGURE?

WHOEVER DID THIS, IT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT,

BUSINESS BEEF.

THIS IS SOMETHIN' ELSE.

[ RADIO PLAYS ROCK ]

♪ Do do do do, do do do do ♪

♪ do do ooh ♪

[Frequency whines] Get your groove on, Santa Cruz.

THIS IS DAVE DOLENS ON KRAM, [kay-ram]

THAT'S RIGHT, KRAM, THE VOICE OF YOU

ON THIS BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY DAY.

Who's winnin', people?

If you want to spread the word, let some air out of those lungs,

you know our number.

Our first caller is a dayshore --

That's Katrina from Paradise Park.

How are you today, Katrina?

I want to talk about the buses in this city.

Where are they?

Oftentimes, I end up hitching, or --

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GOOD ONE.

[ RADIO PLAYS FUNK ]

[ FUNK MUSIC CLIMBS ]

♪ Monday night, I stay in with my baby ♪

♪ Tuesday night, I ♪

[ Static crackles ] There's a cold air mass

that's developing in the Monterey area.

Man: HEY, FREAK SHOW! I WAS DIGGIN' THAT!

Building up along the coast, stretching north

to Swanton and Pescadero. -TURN THE MUSIC BACK ON

Temperature's gonna peak in the mid-80s,

AND HURRY UP WITH THE DISHES. -with a low of 71 out by --

Some clouds appearing along the coastline starting later today.

They're gonna go from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

And you know what? That's not a bad thing.

[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ ENGINE IDLES ]

[ SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE ]

HEARD FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

SEARCH UP ON LOMA PRIETA CAME UP BLANK.

REST OF THE BODY HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE.

M.E. SAYS IT'S AN ADULT FEMALE.

CAN'T GET A BLOOD TYPE.

IT'S BEEN COMPLETELY CLEANED BY ANIMALS.

ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL THE AGE.

THE NECK STEM WAS CUT WITH A JAGGED INSTRUMENT,

HUNTING KNIFE, MAYBE A SAW.

COULD HE PUT A DATE ON IT? -HARD TO SAY.

FIGURED IT'S BEEN THERE ABOUT 3 MONTHS.

OKAY.

LET'S CHECK WHO WENT MISSING AROUND THEN.

ALREADY ON IT.

M.O.? DECAPITATION.

MOTIVE?

I'LL CHECK WITH THE STATE PAROLE OFFICE,

SEE IF ANY KILLERS WITH SIMILAR M.O.s

HAVE BEEN LET OUT ON OUR PATCH.

WHAT DO YOU FIGURE?

YOUR HANDWRITING SUCKS?

[ CHUCKLE]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

♪ Don't ever want to be perceived ♪

♪ I know we'll have our break ♪

♪ in the sky [in the sky] ♪

♪ How many times do I say I love you? ♪

♪ How many times ♪ [song fades]

♪♪

♪♪

OH, FOR GOODNESS' SAKE.

BUTTERFINGERS, JUST LIKE HIS FATHER.

OH. WHAT A DOPE!

JEEZ.

♪♪

[ COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ]

OKAY. [snaps fingers] COME ON, BIG GUY.

LET'S GO.

LET ME SEE YOUR ARM. HOLD IT UP.

AGH! YOU CONNED ME. I THOUGHT YOU BROKE YOUR ARM.

WAIT TILL I'M FULL-STRENGTH.

LOSING YOUR TOUCH, JIM.

ANOTHER ROUND, PLEASE, FRED.

OVER THE HIGHWAY, THEY CALL ME FORKLIFT.

A MAN WHO CAN LIFT A BAG OF CEMENT

WITH EACH ARM.

MANHATTAN FOR DETECTIVE MEDINA

AND A SCREWDRIVER FOR DETECTIVE LUFFIE.

I GOTTA BE QUICK. BARB'S WAITING.

I BET THE WIFE MISSES THE UNIFORM, HUH? HEH HEH.

DON'T WORRY. I WEAR IT FOR HER WHEN YOU'RE OUT.

[ LAUGHTER ]

YOU KNOW LOMA PRIETA, JIM. YOU BEEN UP THERE RECENTLY?

WHY?

JUST GIVE ME A HEADS UP IF YOU HEAR OF ANYTHING UNUSUAL.

IT'S ALL UNUSUAL.

THOSE HILLS ARE ANARCHY, ONE GIANT ORGY.

[ CHUCKLE ]

I HATE HIPPIES.

THEY'RE STILL POURIN' IN, SETTIN' UP THEIR COMMUNES,

17,000 LIVING WILD AROUND SANTA CRUZ.

I THOUGHT THE FRASER TRIAL WOULD'VE SCARED 'EM OFF.

YEAH, WELL, FRASER WAS ONE OF A KIND.

CHARLIE MANSON?

THEY'RE ALL BRAIN-FRIED ON LSD.

YEAH.

CATCH YA LATER. -SEE YA.

♪ HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU ♪

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

♪♪

♪♪

[ Radio plays rock ]

♪ I don't wanna fight ♪

♪ blinded by the light ♪

♪ Do you want my love? [Oh, yeah] ♪

SURE YOU DON'T WANT ME TO COME?

IT'S AN AUDITION, MOM.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA LET YOU IN.

AH, I'LL WAIT OUTSIDE.

I'M NOT A KID.

OKAY.

PROMISE ME ONE THING?

NO HITCHING.

BUT IT MAKES ME FEEL FREE.

YOU ARE FREE.

YOU DON'T NEED HITCHING FOR THAT.

FOR A SNACK. -I'M GONNA BE LATE.

-SO GO. -BYE-YE!

WAIT, AIKO.

♪ Do you want my love? ♪

WHAT?

I HAVEN'T SAID GOOD LUCK.

[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]

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[ ENGINE IDLES ]

ONE EVENING, THE LITTLE BOY CALLED RED CAP CAME HOME

AND HIS MOTHER WAS WAITING FOR HIM.

"COME, RED CAP.

HERE IS A PIECE OF CAKE AND A BOTTLE OF WINE.

TAKE THEM TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

SHE IS WEAK AND THEY WILL DO HER GOOD.

GO, BEFORE IT GETS TOO WARM,

AND BE CAREFUL.

DON'T RUN OFF THE PATH."

[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACH ]

DO YOU HAVE A SMOKE?

SORRY, NO.

OH.

NICE MOVE.

THANKS.

AS SOON AS RED CAP ENTERED THE FOREST,

HE FORGOT WHAT HIS MOTHER HAD TOLD HIM

AND STARTED TO COLLECT THE PRETTY THINGS

HE SAW ALONG THE WAY.

[on radio] ♪ Swore you might ♪

SAN FRAN?

SURE. HOP IN.

THANKS.

NO BUSES TONIGHT, HUH?

WHEN HIS BASKET WAS FULL,

RED CAP HURRIED ALONG TO GRANDMOTHER'S,

FOR HE KNEW SHE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO SEE HIM

AND ALL THE THINGS HE BROUGHT HER.

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YOUR KIDS STUDY HERE?

SOON, I HOPE.

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

IT'S MY BIGGEST REGRET.

WELL, THEY'RE A MIXED BLESSING.

WHAT ISN'T?

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

OH, THIS?

IT'S THE "I CHING."

THE IWHAT?

AN ANCIENT CHINESE FORM OF DIVINATION.

YOU THROW THESE SPECIAL COINS LIKE DICE

AND YOU WORK OUT WHAT THEY MEAN, USING THIS BOOK.

LIKE FORTUNE TELLING.

NO, DIVINATION.

YOU GONNA ASK ME MY STAR SIGN?

THAT'S USUALLY WHAT'S NEXT.

WHAT IS YOUR STAR SIGN?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

[chuckle] JUST KIDDING.

SHORT LUNCH HOUR, YOU KNOW.

WAIT, YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME YOUR STAR SIGN.

I REALLY GOTTA GO.

MAYBE SOME OTHER TIME?

SURE.

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OH, FOR GOODNESS' SAKE. THOSE POOR GIRLS.

[ DISCORDANT NOTES PLAY ]

[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]

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[ SIREN WAILS ]

HEY, I KNOW HIM.

YOU DO?

YEAH. LAWRENCE WHITE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

BATTERED TO DEATH.

HE WAS A REAL OLD-TIMER.

RODE THE RAILS IN THE '30s.

ANY SUSPECTS?

YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WITH THESE GUYS.

SOME BEEF OVER THE LAST DREGS OF THUNDERBIRD.

WHAT YOU GOT THERE?

DISAPPEARED 3 MONTHS AGO ON THEIR WAY TO BERKELEY

TO SEE FRIENDS.

MARY ANN PESCE

AND ANITA LUCHESSA.

ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE OUR HEAD.

ANOTHER MISSING GIRL. SHE'S LOCAL.

THE MOTHER WANTS TO TALK TO A DETECTIVE.

I GOT THE DENTAL RECORDS FOR BOTH GIRLS.

YEAH, HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK?

THE TEETH ARE ALL, UH, SMASHED.

I KNOW A GUY.

♪♪

AIKO WOULD NEVER DISAPPEAR LIKE THIS.

DO YOU THINK SHE HOOKED UP WITH FRIENDS?

SOMETHING'S WRONG.

DOES SHE HITCHHIKE?

I TOLD HER NOT TO.

ANY FRIENDS OUT OF STATE?

DID YOUR AIKO KNOW A GIRL CALLED MARY ANN PESCE

OR ANITA LUCHESSA?

I DON'T THINK SO.

DID AIKO MEET ANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES?

PROFESSORS, STUDENTS?

WHY?

JUST IN CASE SOMEONE CAN HELP, MA'AM.

SHE MAY HAVE WAITED IN THE LIBRARY

OR THE DINING HALL, A COUPLE OF TIMES,

BUT, MOSTLY, SHE WAS --

IS -- WITH ME.

WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG, YOU THINK

YOU'RE BULLETPROOF, THAT

NOTHING CAN EVER HAPPEN TO YOU,

BUT,

WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE, DON'T WE?

THEY'RE IGNORING US.

HOW DID IT GO WITH WAYNE?

FOUND THESE IN THE GARBAGE.

COME ON. TELL ME ABOUT THE DATE.

MM! I THINK I SCARED HIM OFF.

CLARNELL, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE YOURSELF.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM: ME.

I-I'VE LIVED ON MY OWN TOO LONG.

I DON'T DO CHARMING.

BUT, NOW, LOOK AT THAT, LOOK.

I FOUND THESE IN THE GARBAGE.

IT IS SO DANGEROUS OUT THERE, AND, YET,

GIRLS KEEP GETTING IN CARS AND DISAPPEARING.

IT'S NOT JUST THE MISSING.

ALL THE RAPES. -YEAH.

[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ RADIO PLAYS UPBEAT TUNE ]

[ RADIO PLAYS ROCK ]

YOU BEEN IN THE RECRUITMENT CENTER YET?

NO.

WHAT'S HOLDIN' YOU BACK?

YOU KNOW I'M A VEGETARIAN.

YEAH.

LAST WEEK, YOU WERE A BOXER.

AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, YOU WERE GONNA JOIN

THE COAST GUARD.

[ GROWL-HUM RESONATES ]

LISTEN.

EAT UP!

[ VOICES WHISPER ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!

[ VOICES WHISPER ]

YOU ON DRUGS AGAIN?

YOU THINK THE MARINES WILL TAKE A SISSY, HUH?!

A MAN EATS MEAT!

NOW, CHOW DOWN OR FIND ANOTHER HOTEL.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]

HEY, SIT DOWN!

[ THEME PLAYS ]

So, now, we've got a severed head, folks.

A severed head.

WHAT IS THIS, THE MIDDLE AGES?

YOUNG WOMEN FROM OUR COMMUNITY ARE BEING KILLED, GOING MISSING,

AND I AM GOING TO TELL YOU THEIR NAMES.

THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS, FOLKS,

SO, PLEASE, DON'T FORGET THEIR NAMES:

Aiko Koo; Mary Ann Pesce;

Anita Luchessa; and, now, the most recent,

Mary Guilfoyle.

She's been gone for 3 days.

Santa Cruz cops, put down your doughnuts

and do something, anything.

TAKE PESCE OFF THE MISSING LIST.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

DENTIST ID'd HER.

DEFINITELY A HOMICIDE.

[ SNIFFLE ]

ANYTHING FROM THE MOTHER?

NO.

IF PESCE'S DEAD, I'D PUT MY MONEY

ON LUCHESSA BEING DEAD, TOO.

THERE'S ANOTHER MISSING GIRL: MARY GUILFOYLE,

PART-TIME STUDENT ON THE WAY TO HER JOB,

DISAPPEARED FROM THE SIDEWALK.

[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]

USUALLY, THE LITTLE BOY LIKED BEING WITH GRANDMOTHER.

BUT THIS TIME, SOMETHING FELT WRONG.

RED CAP HAD A BAD FEELING.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ VOICES WHISPER ]

♪ ROCK-A-BYE BABY ♪

♪ ON THE TREETOP ♪

♪ WHEN THE WIND BLOWS ♪

♪ THE CRADLE WILL ROCK ♪

♪ WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS ♪

♪ THE CRADLE WILL FALL ♪

♪ AND DOWN WILL COME BABY ♪

♪ CRADLE AND ALL ♪♪

[ VOICES WHISPER ]

[SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE] [DOG BARKS]

[ MELANCHOLY LULLABY PLAYS ]

[ DOG BARKS ]

NOBODY'S REPORTED A THING.

SOMEONE MUST'VE SEEN THOSE GIRLS PICKED UP.

LOOK AT THE RANGE OF M.O.s: BLUNT-FORCE TRAUMA,

STABBING, SHOOTING.

WHERE'S THE LINK? WHERE'S THE...

-RHYTHM? -HMM.

IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.

OKAY. WE GOT THREE DEAD YOUNG GIRLS,

TWO MIDDLE-AGED MEN, LOCATIONS ALL OVER

THE PLACE: BERKELEY, LOS GATOS, SANTA CRUZ.

WHAT AREN'T WE SEEING?

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

Young girls are dying out there, Santa Cruz.

IS LIEUTENANT SHIRER THE MAN FOR THE JOB?

IS HIS FORCE UP TO THE TASK?

Trish from Capatola, you're on the air.

Santa Cruz police have nothin', no leads.

All they do is tell the girls

to be careful, quit hitching.

Yeah, we know they gotta quit hitchin'.

They should tell 'em to get guns!

WELL, NOBODY'S WINNIN'. NOBODY'S WINNIN'.

SANTA CRUZ, TELL ME, IS THIS RONALD REAGAN'S FAULT,

FOR CLOSIN' ALL THE MADHOUSES

AND LETTIN' THE NUTS OUT ON THE STREET?

Reagan's right! Bring back the gas chamber.

They shoulda gassed that John Linley Frazier creep

for killing that poor, innocent family.

And we've got Bruce from Twin Lakes.

You're on the air.

I want to say, "Do you know where your sons are?

Do you know where they've been?" [HONK-HONK]

DOLENS: Beverly from Paradise Park.

Beverly, what are your thoughts?

Have you noticed he only takes 'em on the full moon?

It's Satanic devil-worshippers.

I'm scared.

WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYIN' THIS, FOLKS,

but, uh, lock up your daughters.

Goodnight, Santa Cruz.

Be well.

Just for today, nobody's winnin'.

[ BIRDS TWEET ]

[ BIRDS CAWING ]

AL.

THOSE VULTURES?

[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]

♪♪

THIS IS SICK.

YEP.

IT'S NOT AIKO KOO.

SHE'S CAUCASIAN, 20s.

OLDER, I'D SAY.

IT'S THE WOMAN WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING

WHEN I WAS WITH THE DENTIST: MARY GUIL...

GUILFOYLE. -GUILFOYLE, THAT'S IT.

SHE WAS WEARING A PINK TOP.

SHE'S BEEN BUTCHERED.

COULD SHE LINK TO THE PESCE HEAD?

THAT WAS A CLEAN CUT. THIS IS A MESS.

[ INSECTS BUZZ ]

PROBABLY LINKED TO ONE OF THE RAPE REPORTS.

OR TO BERKELEY.

NO. BERKELEY'S A DEAD END.

NOTHING ON THE PROFESSORS OR THE SUPPORT STAFF.

I CROSSCHECKED.

THESE GIRLS BELIEVE IN PEACE AND LOVE

AND THEN THIS HAPPENS.

IF THIS IS THE AGE OF AQUARIUS,

YOU CAN KEEP IT.

IS THIS THE RIGHT WAY?

HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I WANNA GET OUTTA HERE.

PLEASE, STOP THE CAR.

STOP THE CAR!

LET US OUT!

I SAID, LET US OUT!

AAAAH! AAAH!

[ SOBBING ]

OH, MY GOD!

HEL-L-P!

PRESS IS OUTTA CONTROL, LOOKING FOR SATANIC RITUALS

AND GIRLS GETTING SNATCHED AT FULL MOON.

THEY SHOULD BE TELLIN' 'EM NOT TO HITCH.

IT'S LIKE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE.

THESE GIRLS, THEY THINK IT WON'T HAPPEN TO THEM

AND THEN, WE MEET THEM IN THE MORGUE.

GOT TO GET A LEAD.

THE ROBBERIES? -YEAH! AND THE ROBBERIES

AND CHECKING GUN PERMITS AND MISSING PERSONS.

HEY! WE GOT TOO MANY OPEN CASES.

[ INSECTS CHIRP ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

Woman: ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY

WHO WAS LOVED BY EVERYONE,

BUT MOST OF ALL, BY HIS GRANDMOTHER.

THE GRANDMOTHER LIVED OUT IN THE WOODS,

HALF A LEAGUE FROM THE VILLAGE.

JUST AS RED CAP ENTERED THE DARK WOOD,

A WOLF APPEARED.

RED CAP DID NOT KNOW WHAT A WICKED CREATURE HE WAS

AND WAS NOT AT ALL AFRAID.

COME ON, CINDY. I'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE HOME.

[ RADIO PLAYS TRANQUIL TUNE ]

YOU OKAY FOR MONEY? BABYSITTING DOESN'T GO FAR.

I'M FINE.

WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING?

I WANT TO BE A TEACHER.

I LOVE KIDS.

YEAH? IT'S LIKE A ZOO THERE.

ISN'T IT HARD, BEING SO FAR AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY?

I LIKE LIVING WITH FRIENDS.

GOT A BOYFRIEND?

[ FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYS ]

♪♪

THANK YOU FOR THE RIDE, MR. CONNOR.

♪ Tell my girls and tell my friends ♪

♪ I'm comin' home tonight ♪

CINDY.

DON'T GET INTO CARS WITH ANY STRANGE MEN.

YOU HEAR ME?

♪♪

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?

YOU'VE GOT NOTHING ELSE TO DO ALL DAY.

THE GUARDS WERE CHECKING THE I.D. STICKER ON THE CAR.

WHY DON'T YOU HITCH, IF YOU'RE IN SUCH A BIG RUSH?

YOU MIGHT GET LUCKY.

OH, YOU'RE AN ASS.

DO YOUR POLICE BUDDIES HAVE ANY NEWS

ABOUT THE MISSING GIRLS? BEEN 6 MONTHS.

GIVE 'EM A BREAK.

IF YOUR STUDENTS ARE DUMB ENOUGH

TO TAKE A RIDE WITH SOME PSYCHO...LOOK!

YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK.

I GOT A LITTLE COMPENSATION

LEFT OVER FROM THE ACCIDENT.

YOU SPENT MOST OF IT ON THIS HEAP OF JUNK.

NO WAY. IT GOES LIKE A BIRD WITH A FLAME UP ITS --

[slap] LANGUAGE.

WHY DON'T YOU FIX ME UP WITH A NICE COLLEGE GIRL?

THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN A HIGHWAY WORKER.

WITH YOUR IQ,

IF YOU WENT TO COLLEGE, YOU COULD REALLY DO --

I COULD TAKE 'EM OUT, SHOW 'EM AROUND.

I GOT DOUGH.

DRIVE ME CRAZY.

REALLY DO.

[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ GIRL GIGGLING ]

[ LAUGHTER ECHOES ]

[ LAUGHTER CONTINUES ]

[ CACOPHONY OF LAUGHTER ]

[ HORN HONKS ]

[ VOICES WHISPER ]

[ SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE ]

[ WIND BLOWS ]

[ HORNS BLARE ]

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[ VOICES WHISPER ]

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[ RADIO PLAYS ROCK ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

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NEED A RIDE?

NO, THANKS.

HAVE A NICE WALK.

[ INSECTS BUZZ ]

[ DOG BARKS ]

[ HUMMING ]

[ CONTINUES HUMMING ]

[MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS] [CREAK]

♪♪

♪♪

SHOOT.

[ ENGINE RUMBLES ]

♪♪

YOU NEED A RIDE?

COME ON.

THANKS.

♪♪

WHERE IS HE?

♪♪

♪♪

WHERE ARE YOU?

♪♪

[ SOBBING ]

WHEN THE WOLF SAW RED CAP, HE THOUGHT,

"WHAT A TENDER CREATURE."

AHH!

AHH. [sobbing] AH-AAH!

NO-O-O!

SO THE WOLF SAID, [GLASS BREAKS]

"SEE THE PRETTY FLOWERS, RED CAP?

WHY DON'T YOU PICK SOME FOR GRANDMA?"

[ SOBBING ]

WHILE RED CAP DID THAT, -PLEASE! AAH-AAH-AAH!

THE WOLF RACED AWAY TO GET READY FOR HIM

AT GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE. -[sobbing] NO-O-O! STOP!

[ GUNSHOT ]

♪♪

[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ] [INSECTS BUZZ]

[ WINDCHIMES TINKLE ]

♪♪

AND?

[ CHIMES TINKLE ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]

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YOU OKAY?

SAME AGE AS MY GIRLS.

WHAT A WASTE.

[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]

MURDER WEAPON?

[ INSECTS BUZZ ]

MOTIVE?

NAH.

SHE HAD CASH IN HER PURSE: 2 BUCKS.

DOUBT SHE HAD ANY MORE.

WHAT A PLACE TO BRING UP KIDS.

CAN ANYONE CONFIRM YOU WERE AT HOME

AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE HUSBAND IS, MR. FRANCIS?

POP? I DON'T KNOW.

HE TRAVELS A LOT.

DOING WHAT? -DELIVERIES.

WHAT SORT OF DELIVERIES?

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]

DRUGS?

OH, COME ON, MAN. -NO, YOU COME ON, MAN!

TWO LITTLE KIDS HAVE BEEN SHOT AND STABBED,

NOT TO MENTION THEIR MOTHER.

KATHY AND BOB BLOW A LITTLE GRASS,

BUT THEY'RE DEALING SMALLTIME,

FOR THE COMMUNITY.

NEIGHBOR'S HIDING SOMETHING, BUT HE'S NOT THE KILLER.

I FIGURE IT'S THE HUSBAND. I'LL PUT OUT AN APB.

[over radio] 187, double homicide.

Husband and wife. Up by Mystery Spot.

IT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

DOUBLEHOMICIDE?

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

[ SIRENS WAIL ]

This is outta control, folks. The murders are stacking up.

THE MOST SHOCKING IS THE TRIPLE KILLING

OF KATHY FRANCIS AND HER YOUNG SONS DAVID AND DAEMON,

only 8 and 9 years old.

Oh, my, they're just children, Santa Cruz.

This is the slaughter of the innocents.

Add then to Lawrence white, a harmless, old hobo

who had his head caved in

And three cut-up young women: Mary Ann Pesce,

Anita Luchessa, and Mary Guilfoyle.

That's on top of the police finding the bodies

of four young campers shot to death

in Henry Cowell State Park,

Four young men, eight grieving parents.

Pushing up the numbers even more:

a double homicide, husband and wife,

James and Joan Gianera.

What are we paying our taxes for, people,

to keep Santa Cruz cops in beer and potato chips?

Even a priest, Father Tomei from Los Gatos,

was found stabbed to death in his own confessional.

IS NOWHERE SACRED? I-IS NOWHERE SAFE?

How much more can our beautiful Santa Cruz take, folks?

[ ENGINE IDLES ]

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU GOT ANYONE LOCKED UP

WITH A KNIFE FELONY IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS?

MULTIPLE STABBINGS?

ALL FATAL? UH...

OKAY.

YEAH.

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE?

YOU LIKE YOUNG GIRLS.

RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE OUR NUMBER-ONE SUSPECT.

YOU'RE WASTIN' YOUR TIME.

HMM.

REAL LOOKERS.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF THEM?

I MAY HAVE MET SOME OF 'EM.

NOT IN THIS WORLD, THOUGH.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

ALL MURDERED OR MISSING WHILE YOU WERE

CRUISING SOUTH ALAMEDA WITH A BLADE.

I CAN SEE THINGS,

PEOPLE, IN THE FUTURE.

NOT WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

I SEE A MAN STANDING ON A CLIFF.

THERE'S -- THERE'S WATER UNDERNEATH.

HE'S THROWING SOMETHING INTO IT.

NOW, YOU LISTEN TO ME.

GO TO THIS PLACE.

BY THE OCEAN.

WHERE WERE YOU ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 8th?

YOU'RE WASTIN' YOUR TIME.

IT'S YOU ON THE CLIFFS, ISN'T IT?

I'M NOT YOUR MAN. -WHERE WERE YOU?

YOU'RE NOT LISTENIN' TO ME, MAN.

GO TO THESE CLIFFS!

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MEDINA.

OKAY.

GIVE IT TO ME.

UH-HUH.

GOT IT.

IF IT'S ANOTHER HOMICIDE, GET OUTTA MY OFFICE.

JUST GOT A CALL FROM ANOTHER WITNESS.

SAW HIS NEIGHBOR EXECUTED.

GET OUT!

WE GOT A LICENSE PLATE.

THE FULL NUMBER?

ENOUGH TO GET A MAKE ON IT.

I THINK WE GOT 'IM.

Suspect: I SEE A MAN STANDING ON A CLIFF.

THERE'S WATER UNDERNEATH.

HE'S THROWING SOMETHING IN.

Man: "I ENJOY KILLING PEOPLE."

TRUE.

OHHH. OH.

Woman: THE D.A. CALLS US THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

WE HAVE A PELVIS, ARMS, A LEG, AND A HAND.

"I DISMEMBER BODIES."

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TRUE.