EP161: The Grim Sleeper

South Central Los Angeles in the late 1980s was a terrible place to
be. The area was rampant with crime, drugs, and a struggle to
survive. Many women turned to sex work to either help feed their
addiction or to feed their families. As many of you know, police
tended to turn a blind eye when dead sex workers were found, and
they had an attitude like the victims were disposable. Because of
this attitude, serial killers often made South Central L.A. their
hunting grounds, and Lonnie Franklin, Jr. was one of them.
Nicknamed "The Grim Sleeper" due to the extended supposed break he
took in killing--Lonnie's true victim count will never be
known.

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Sources:
1) Murderpedia
2) Documentary: Tales of a Grim Sleeper
3: Movie: The Grim Sleeper—The Mind of a Monster
4) TV Show: World’s Most Evil Killers (Season 5, Episode 1: Lonnie
Franklin)
5)
CNN--https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/us/grim-sleeper-dies-death-row

6) Rolling
Stone--https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-everything-you-need-to-know-252246/

7) LA
Times--https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-29/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-lonnie-franklin-dies-death-row-san-quentin

8) All That is
Interesting--https://allthatsinteresting.com/grim-sleeper
9) Youtube: The Case of Lonnie David Franklin: The Grim Sleeper
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNzPvoZzSq8&t=409s)
10) Youtube: The Infamous Case of Lonnie Franklin Jr. (JCS
Inspired) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcf_9Nfva_E)
11) LAPD
Online--https://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/serial-murder-case-update-grim-sleeper-responsible-for-12-victims-between-1985-and-2007/

12) LA
Times--https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-03-me-26306-story.html

13) History
Daily--https://historydaily.org/grim-sleeper-facts-stories-trivia/6

14)
Oxygen--https://www.oxygen.com/mark-of-a-serial-killer/crime-news/who-was-grim-sleeper-serial-killer-lonnie-franklin