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NY Times Bestselling father-daughter true crime duo Blaine Pardoe & Victoria Hester discuss the Washington DC Freeway Phantom serial killing spree
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Journey back to 1981, when four people were brutally murdered in their home in the Hollywood Hills. The Wonderland Murders is the tale of a violent home invasion robbery and the revenge rampage that followed. It involves a drug-fueled gang of criminals, a crazed crime kingpin -- and the world’s most famous porn star on a downward and deadly spiral. Join Young Charlie host Tracy Pattin and writer/director Larry Brand and they take you back to Wonderland Ave.
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Tantamount Episode Eight - The Phantom of St. E's
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The pursuit of the Washington DC serial killer, the Freeway Phantom takes on a new level with the geographic profile of the murders. Their epicenter...the largest mental hospital in the District of Columbia!By bpardoe870
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Tantamount Episode Seven - Profiles of the Freeway Phantom
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This episode dives into the profiles of the serial killer, the Freeway Phantom. Armed with a classified FBI analysis of the murders, the authors provide tantilizing clues as to the nature of this killer. Fans of Netflix's Mindhunter will enjoy this deep dive into the mind of the murderer.By bpardoe870
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Tantamount Episode Six - The Mysterious Case of Robert Askins
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The pursuit of the Washington DC serial killer, the Freeway Phantom, focuses on Robert Ellwood Askins. Askins has a long history of murder, poisoning, strangling, and madness. He bathes his victims and has one write a note that he dictates, just like the Freeway Phantom. But is that enough to link him to the crimes?…
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Tantamount Episode Five - The Green Vega Gang
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Investigators zero in on the activities of the Green Vega Gang, a group of serial rapists that terrorized Washington DC in the 1970's. But were the gang members responsible for the Freeway Phantom murders?By bpardoe870
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Tantamount Episode Four - The Investigation and the Evidence
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Washington DC's Freeway Phantom has stopped his murderous spree, leaving the authorities with a wealth of evidence. Despite everything in their hands, the investigation stalls...until a gang of rapists, the Green Vega Gang, are apprehended. Their arrests will invigorate and upend the search for the Phantom.…
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Tantamount Episode Three - Catch Me If You Can
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Washington DC's Freeway Phantom finishes his string of murders. He taunts and tantalizes authorities by having one of his victims write a note. Investigators are left baffled and frustrated.By bpardoe870
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The Freeway Phantom continues to terrorize Washington DC. He has become so bold as to allow one victim to call home while he is holding her hostage. As more dead girls turn up, the investigation gets muddier with the involvement of Prince George's County authorities.By bpardoe870
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Tantamount Episode One - The Start of Terror
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The Start of Terror - The Washington DC Freeway Phantom, a serial killer that operated for at least 579 days in the nation’s capital in 1971 and 1972 begins his murder spree. This was a killer that kidnapped his victims, sexually assaulted them, strangled them, and dumped their bodies along major highways in Washington DC. He operated with impunity…
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As John Holmes’s drug use makes him unreliable on the set, film jobs are harder to come by. Increasingly desperate, he’s begun stealing from his wife, his friends, his coworkers. But just when Holmes is about to hit rock bottom, he meets drug kingpin Eddie Nash and things start to look up – at least for a while.…
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As John Holmes’s drug use makes him unreliable on the set, film jobs are harder to come by. Increasingly desperate, he’s begun stealing from his wife, his friends, his coworkers. But just when Holmes is about to hit rock bottom, he meets drug kingpin Eddie Nash and things start to look up – at least for a while.…
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As John Holmes’s drug use makes him unreliable on the set, film jobs are harder to come by. Increasingly desperate, he’s begun stealing from his wife, his friends, his coworkers. But just when Holmes is about to hit rock bottom, he meets drug kingpin Eddie Nash and things start to look up – at least for a while.…
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As John Holmes’s drug use makes him unreliable on the set, film jobs are harder to come by. Increasingly desperate, he’s begun stealing from his wife, his friends, his coworkers. But just when Holmes is about to hit rock bottom, he meets drug kingpin Eddie Nash and things start to look up – at least for a while.…
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Two vice detectives arrest John Holmes on charges of pimping and pandering. Faced with serving hard time, he becomes an informant for the LAPD. As if mirroring his fictional counterpart, Johnny Wadd, Holmes becomes a real life undercover agent, turning in associates in the adult film industry.
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July 1, 1981. The Fourth of July weekend is over before it begins for LAPD Detectives Tom Lange and Robert Souza. Four people have been found brutally murdered on Wonderland Avenue in the Hollywood Hills. Another has been left for dead. From the extreme violence of the crime, Lange suspects that someone is sending a message. When a handprint is fou…
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