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41, we have a code 39...
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- DOWNTOWN L.A...
- Corner lot at 401 West Main.
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WHAT'S A CODE 39?
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CODE 39, SOMEONE IS DEAD.
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...A REPORTER ON ASSIGNMENT
TO UNCOVER CRIME...
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THE YOUNG WOMAN APPEARS TO HAVE
BEEN STRANGLED AND BEATEN.
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...WHEN A KILLER STRIKES.
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THE CITY WAS ON EDGE.
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I KEEP MY DOORS LOCKED
AND MY GUNS LOADED.
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AND THERE'S
A SHOCKING CONNECTION...
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THE KILLER WAS SEEN DISPOSING
OF BLOODY CLOTHES.
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...TO CALIFORNIA'S MOST
NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLER...
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HAIL SATAN.
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...TO THE INFAMOUS CECIL HOTEL
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...AND A JOURNALIST
WHO BECAME PART OF THE STORY.
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I'M GOING TO NEED YOU
TO STAY BACK.
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ASSAULTS, RAPES, MURDER.
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THERE'S BEEN MURDER AT CECIL.
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SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE
THE CECIL HOTEL IS HAUNTED
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AND ACTUALLY CURSED.
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I'VE VISITED THE HOTEL
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
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I'VE FOLLOWED UP INVESTIGATIONS,
AND WALKING INTO THAT HOTEL
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WAS ALWAYS
AN EERIE FEELING FOR ME.
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LOOKING AT BROCHURES
OR LOOKING AT
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THE LOCATION OVER THE INTERNET,
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THE CECIL HOTEL WOULD LOOK
LIKE A NICE PLACE TO STAY,
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BUT ULTIMATELY,
UPON ANYONE'S ARRIVAL,
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I THINK THEY WOULD QUICKLY SEE
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THAT IT'S NOT
WHAT WAS ADVERTISED.
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**
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JACK UNTERWEGER CHECKING IN.
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YOU SURE YOU GOT
THE RIGHT PLACE?
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I HOPE SO.
I CALLED LAST MONTH.
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I RESERVED ROOM 1402.
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HERE IT IS, JACK UNTERWEGER.
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IT'S JUST WE DON'T GET TOO MANY
SUIT-AND-TIE TYPES ANYMORE.
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HOW MANY NIGHTS, MR. UNTERWEGER?
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DON'T KNOW.
CAN I PAY BY THE DAY?
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SOME PEOPLE PAY
BY THE HOUR.
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ELEVATOR IS DOWN THE HALL
ON YOUR LEFT.
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TOP FLOOR, COME OUT OF
THE ELEVATOR, TAKE A LEFT.
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THANK YOU.
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JACK UNTERWEGER
WAS A JOURNALIST
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AND A TALK SHOW HOST IN AUSTRIA,
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AND HE WAS VERY WELL-KNOWN
FOR WRITING ABOUT TRUE CRIME
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AND SPECIFICALLY MURDER.
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HE WAS ACTUALLY CELEBRATED
FOR HIS WRITING ON THE SUBJECT.
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I HAD FINALLY ARRIVED
AT THE CECIL HOTEL,
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BUT I WASN'T ABOUT
TO CATCH UP ON SLEEP.
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IT WAS MY FIRST TIME IN L.A.
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IT WAS EVEN MY FIRST TIME
IN THE U.S.
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AND RIGHT OFF THE BAT
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I COULD TELL I WAS IN
THE RIGHT PLACE.
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BY THE 1990s, THE CECIL
WAS THE PERFECT PLACE
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FOR A CRIME WRITER INTERESTED
IN SEEDY LOS ANGELES, TO STAY.
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IT WAS WHERE
DRUG DEALERS AND PIMPS
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AND PROSTITUTES
AND HOMELESS PEOPLE
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KIND OF CONGREGATED
AND WERE, IN A LOT OF WAYS,
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KIND OF LEFT TO
THEIR OWN DEVICES
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WITH THEIR OWN SET
OF RULES AND LAWS.
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I MEAN, IT WAS ALMOST
A LAWLESS PLACE.
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IN 1924 WHEN THE CECIL HOTEL
WAS BUILT, I MEAN,
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IT WAS PRIMARILY FOR TOURISTS
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AND BUSINESS PEOPLE
TO VISIT LOS ANGELES.
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YOU KNOW,
IT WAS A GLAMOROUS TIME.
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BY 1991,
THE CECIL WAS JUST
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A SAD REFLECTION
OF ITS FORMER SELF.
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IT HAD BEEN THIS BEAUTIFUL
ART-DECO HOTEL,
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AND NOW IT WAS JUST SORT OF
LIKE A DEAD FLOWER.
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MOST PEOPLE ASSOCIATE L.A.
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WITH HOLLYWOOD, MOVIES, STARS,
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ALL THAT GLAMOUR,
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BUT I WAS HERE TO FIND
THE OTHER LOS ANGELES,
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STREETS TEEMING WITH TROUBLE.
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**
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POLICE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
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**
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JACK ARRANGED WITH
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THE LOS ANGELES POLICE
DEPARTMENT
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TO GO ON RIDE-ALONGS,
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AND THE PRIMARY NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT POLICE WERE TAKING HIM TO
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WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AROUND THE CECIL HOTEL.
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JACK, JIM LARRY,
GOOD TO FINALLY MEET YOU.
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- SAME HERE, JIM.
- YOU READY?
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I'VE BEEN READY FOR MONTHS.
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UNTERWEGER CAME
TO LOS ANGELES ON ASSIGNMENT
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WITH SOME AUSTRIAN MAGAZINES
TO WRITE ABOUT CRIME
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AND SPECIFICALLY PROSTITUTION
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IN THE LOS ANGELES
METROPOLITAN AREA.
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**
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FOR JACK,
IT WAS IMPORTANT AS A WRITER
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TO GET INTRODUCED
INTO THE CULTURE
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AND UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES.
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WHILE I CAME TO REPORT
ON VICE,
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IT WAS HOMICIDE THAT FIRST
DREW ME TO CRIME IN L.A.
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IT HAD ONLY BEEN 6 YEARS
SINCE A SERIAL KILLER
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NAMED RICHARD RAMIREZ
TERRORIZED THE CITY
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AND MADE INTERNATIONAL NEWS.
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6 TO 8 MURDERS
AND 25 TO 30 ATTACKS.
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YOU KNOW, BACK HOME,
THE L.A.P.D. IS...
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WELL, WE THINK OF THEM
AS THE FINEST POLICE FORCE
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IN THE WORLD.
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SO DO WE.
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THAT'S OFF THE RECORD.
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JACK HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT CRIME PROBLEMS
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AND THE ISSUES AND HOW THEY'RE
TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT.
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THIS JOB, PATROLLING
THE STREETS OF L.A.,
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WHAT'S THE HARDEST PART?
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FIGHTING AGAINST THE TIDE,
JACK. THAT'S THE HARDEST PART.
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SOMEHOW, EVERYTHING GOT
TURNED AROUND IN THIS CITY.
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WE USED TO STAY AHEAD
OF THE CRIME.
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NOW ALL WE DO IS CLEAN UP,
WAIT FOR THE NEXT CALL.
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YOU TAKE PROSTITUTION.
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WE STILL MAKE ARRESTS,
BUT WE SET IT UP
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SO THAT ALL OF THE HOOKERS
HAVE BEEN CORRALLED
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INTO A FEW PARTS
OF THE CITY.
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KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS
THAT WAY. THAT'S SMART.
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IN L.A., CRIME WAS
AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH IN 1991,
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AND IF YOU WERE GOING TO
COME HERE TO WRITE ABOUT IT,
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THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE YEAR.
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CRACK COCAINE HAD INFILTRATED
MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
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CRIME, MURDER WAS ON THE RISE,
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AND ON MAIN STREET, WHERE
THE CECIL HOTEL IS LOCATED,
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THERE WAS LOTS OF STREETWALKERS,
LOTS OF ACTIVITY.
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HERE'S A LITTLE COLOR
FOR YOUR STORY, JACK.
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HEY, YOU KNOW
THE DRILL, JANELLE.
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WHAT AM I GOING TO FIND
IN HERE, JANELLE?
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- I DON'T KNOW. NOTHING.
- YOU DON'T KNOW OR NOTHING?
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**
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HOW MANY TIMES
YOU BEEN ARRESTED, JANELLE?
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I DON'T KNOW. 10?
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WELL, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT
AT 10, TALK TO MY FRIEND HERE.
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HE'S WRITING A STORY ON CRIME
IN OUR FAIR CITY.
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I DON'T HAVE TO USE
YOUR REAL NAME.
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
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I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOU,
YOUR LIFE ON THE STREETS,
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WHAT YOU DO
TO MAKE IT DAY TO DAY.
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I STAND HERE.
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YOU STAND HERE?
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IT WAS THE SAME STORY
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I HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN
BACK HOME.
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THEY CAME FROM BROKEN HOMES
AND ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS
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AND BELIEVED THEY WERE FINDING
SALVATION IN THE STREETS.
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BUT ON THESE STREETS
NEAR THE CECIL,
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THEY WERE TRULY RISKING IT ALL.
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I'D LIKE TO PAY YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
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- JACK, TIME TO GO.
- RIGHT. OKAY.
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WELL, THANK YOU, JANELLE,
AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
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LUCK'S GOT NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT.
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**
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JACK ASKED THE POLICE, YOU KNOW,
"TAKE ME TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS
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"WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOST CRIME,
WHERE THEY HAD A LOT OF DRUGS,
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A LOT OF PROSTITUTION,
A LOT OF KILLING,"
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AND THAT'S PRIMARILY
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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AROUND THE CECIL HOTEL.
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**
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DETECTIVE, I WANT TO
THANK YOU AGAIN
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FOR LETTING ME RIDE ALONG
WITH YOU.
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WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN
IF YOU WANT.
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GOT TO MAKE SURE
YOU GET ENOUGH MATERIAL.
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THANKS.
I'LL TAKE ALL I CAN GET.
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**
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MY EDITORS THOUGHT I WAS
CRAZY TO STAY AT THE CECIL.
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THEY TRIED TO PUT ME UP
IN A NICER PLACE,
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BUT I PREFERRED TO BE
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM.
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**
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- I WANT MY MONEY!
- PLEASE COME ON!
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IT WAS THE DARK SIDE OF L.A...
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NO MOVIE STARS, NO GLAMOUR.
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I WANT MY MONEY!
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JUST THE CECIL HOTEL.
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I WANT MY MONEY!
WHERE'S MY MONEY?
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WHERE'S MY MONEY?!
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**
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JACK CONTINUED
TO GO ON RIDE-ALONGS
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WITH THE LOS ANGELES
POLICE DEPARTMENT,
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AND IT REALLY DREW HIM INTO
THE HEART OF THESE SUBJECTS
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THAT HE WAS WRITING ABOUT.
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ALL THE WHILE,
IN THE BACK OF MY MIND,
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I WAS HOPING TO PICK UP A STORY
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ABOUT A KILLER
LIKE RICHARD RAMIREZ.
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**
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I KNOW IT'S ODD TO SAY,
BUT NOT ONLY AM I READY.
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I'M DYING
TO GET BACK OUT THERE.
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FOR JACK, COMING FROM
ANOTHER COUNTRY,
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TO ARRIVE HERE
AND TO SECURE RIDE-ALONGS,
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I MEAN, THIS HAD TO BE
THE ULTIMATE FOR HIM.
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I WAS GOING OVER MY NOTES
FROM YESTERDAY,
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AND THERE'S ONE THING
I DON'T QUITE GET.
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SURE.
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THESE PROSTITUTES,
WHEN YOU ARREST THEM, WHO...
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WE HAVE A CODE 39,
CORNER LOT AT 401 WEST MAIN.
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CENTRAL 11414 IS LOCAL
AND EN ROUTE.
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WHAT'S A CODE 39?
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CODE 39, SOMEONE IS DEAD.
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**
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**
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I CAME TO LOS ANGELES
TO WRITE ABOUT THE CITY'S CRIME
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AND DISCOVERED
THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE.
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**
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DELIVERY GUY FOUND HER
THIS MORNING.
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JACK, I'M GOING TO NEED YOU
TO STAY BACK.
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IT WAS ONLY MY SECOND TIME
RIDING ALONG WITH THE L.A.P.D.,
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BUT I WAS ALREADY LAYING EYES
ON A GENUINE AMERICAN HOMICIDE.
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LIGATURE MARKS HERE AND HERE.
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**
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- WHO'S COMING?
- THE CORONER IS ON HIS WAY.
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OKAY. HANG TIGHT TILL
THEY GET HERE.
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THEN START KNOCKING ON DOORS.
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THERE'S ANOTHER DETECTIVE COMING
ALONG WITH A CORONER'S UNIT,
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SO WE SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WAY
AND LET THEM DO THEIR WORK.
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RIGHT, RIGHT, OF COURSE.
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LET'S GO.
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JUNE 19th, 1991.
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THE BODY OF SHANNON EXLEY
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WAS DISCOVERED IN A VACANT LOT
IN EAST LOS ANGELES.
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SHANNON'S MURDER
WAS PARTICULARLY BRUTAL
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AND HORRIFIC.
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SHE'S BEEN STRANGLED
WITH HER OWN BRA,
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AND THERE'S A CERTAIN
KIND OF KNOT
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THAT'S BEEN USED
TO MAKE A LIGATURE.
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THE NIGHT BEFORE SHANNON
WAS DISCOVERED,
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SHE HAD ACTUALLY
TALKED TO HER FATHER,
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00:12:35,067 --> 00:12:38,267
AND SHE TOLD HER FATHER THAT SHE
WANTED TO GET HER LIFE STRAIGHT.
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SHE WANTED TO GET OFF
THE STREETS.
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SHE WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM
THE DRUGS, THE PROSTITUTION.
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HER DAD WAS COMPLETELY
SUPPORTIVE,
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00:12:46,867 --> 00:12:50,797
ONLY TO FIND OUT THE NEXT DAY
THAT SHE WAS DISCOVERED DEAD.
234
00:12:56,067 --> 00:12:59,367
AFTER EACH RIDE-ALONG,
I'D RETURN TO THE CECIL,
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WHICH, LIKE THE REST
OF DOWNTOWN L.A.,
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APPARENTLY HAD
ITS FAIR SHARE OF DEATH.
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I WANTED THE HOTEL TO BE
A CHARACTER IN MY STORY,
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SO I TALKED TO EVERYONE
I COULD ABOUT THIS PLACE.
239
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THERE WAS A GUY NAMED
BILLY FLYNN, FOR INSTANCE.
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HE HAD BEEN AT THE CECIL
FOR YEARS,
241
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ONE OF ABOUT 100
LONG-TERM RESIDENTS
242
00:13:20,208 --> 00:13:22,197
THAT LIVED HERE FULL-TIME.
243
00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,932
IT WAS SO CHEAP
YOU COULD DO THAT.
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00:13:24,967 --> 00:13:27,127
FLYNN KNEW AS MUCH AS ANYONE
ABOUT THE HOTEL
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AND ITS BIZARRE HISTORY.
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HE LIKED TO TALK.
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- CAN I HELP YOU?
- YOU BILLY FLYNN?
248
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I'M JACK UNTERWEGER.
I'M A WRITER.
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I WAS HOPING YOU'D HAVE
A DRINK WITH ME.
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**
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00:13:50,067 --> 00:13:52,882
**
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DO YOU BELIEVE IN A PLACE
BEING CURSED, JACK?
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I SUPPOSE SO.
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I DON'T SUPPOSE SO.
I KNOW SO.
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THIS PLACE, THE CECIL,
THIS PLACE IS CURSED.
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WE TALKED FOR HOURS.
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00:14:11,133 --> 00:14:13,933
FLYNN TOLD ME ONE REAL-LIFE
HORROR STORY AFTER ANOTHER
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00:14:13,968 --> 00:14:15,898
ABOUT THE CECIL.
259
00:14:15,933 --> 00:14:19,833
THERE'S BEEN BEATINGS,
ROBBERIES,
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ASSAULTS, RAPES, MURDER.
261
00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:26,163
THERE'S BEEN MURDER
AT THE CECIL,
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PERMANENT RESIDENT
JUST LIKE ME.
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00:14:28,433 --> 00:14:29,665
WHAT WAS HER NAME?
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00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:33,132
GOLDIE OSGOOD,
PIGEON LADY.
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THEY CALLED HER THE PIGEON LADY
BECAUSE SHE USED TO GO
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ACROSS THE STREET,
FEED PIGEONS ALL DAY.
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TURNS OUT COPS FIND HER
RIGHT DOWN THE HALL,
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RAPED, BEATEN,
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STABBED TO DEATH.
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00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,932
PIGEON LADY IS AN INTERESTING
STORY, AND IT WAS BRUTAL.
271
00:14:50,967 --> 00:14:54,067
SHE WAS FOUND STRANGLED TO DEATH
IN HER ROOM AT THE CECIL HOTEL,
272
00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:57,797
AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE
CRIME SCENES
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THAT EVEN HARDENED INVESTIGATORS
SORT OF TEARED UP OVER.
274
00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:03,773
AND IT REALLY STRUCK 'EM HARD
BECAUSE THIS WAS A WOMAN
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THAT WAS WELL-KNOWN
IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR BEING
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JUST A KINDHEARTED LADY THAT
LOVED THE BIRDS.
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NEVER CAUGHT THE GUY
THAT DID IT.
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00:15:14,533 --> 00:15:16,180
AND WHEN WAS THAT?
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00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:17,827
THAT WAS 1982.
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WHEN DID YOU MOVE IN HERE?
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1982.
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00:15:28,083 --> 00:15:32,497
**
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00:15:32,500 --> 00:15:33,930
I LEFT FLYNN'S ROOM
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00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:36,032
WONDERING WHETHER
THE CECIL ATTRACTED
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DANGEROUS, ADDICTED,
OR INSANE TYPES OF PEOPLE,
286
00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,870
OR IF THE HOTEL SOMEHOW
PUSHED GUESTS OVER THE EDGE,
287
00:15:41,905 --> 00:15:45,197
OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST CURSED.
288
00:15:49,267 --> 00:15:50,497
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
289
00:15:50,500 --> 00:15:52,130
LOOK AT YOU.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
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00:15:53,667 --> 00:15:55,597
I'M A WRITER. I'M WORKING.
291
00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,032
THAT'S NOT WHY YOU'RE HERE.
292
00:15:58,067 --> 00:16:00,897
I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE,
AND THAT AIN'T IT.
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GIVE ME 20 BUCKS.
294
00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:11,732
**
295
00:16:11,767 --> 00:16:13,627
I'LL BE SEEING YOU AROUND,
JACK.
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00:16:18,268 --> 00:16:25,598
**
297
00:16:25,633 --> 00:16:26,732
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
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00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:28,567
I RODE AROUND L.A. WITH
THE POLICE,
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00:16:28,602 --> 00:16:30,032
AND THEY SHOWED ME ALL OF IT --
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00:16:30,067 --> 00:16:34,232
THE DRUG DEALERS,
THE PIMPS, THE PROSTITUTES.
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00:16:34,267 --> 00:16:38,397
I HAD NO IDEA HOW BAD
THINGS WERE ABOUT TO GET,
302
00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,470
BUT AS A JOURNALIST, SOMETIMES
BAD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS,
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00:16:41,505 --> 00:16:44,032
MORE MATERIAL
TO INCLUDE IN MY STORY.
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00:16:44,067 --> 00:16:46,297
RETURNING FROM
A 13-MONTH LAYOFF
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00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:47,532
AFTER SHOULDER SURGERY,
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00:16:47,567 --> 00:16:50,297
HERSHISER GAVE UP FOUR RUNS
AND SIX HITS
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00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:55,130
AS THE DODGERS LOST TO
THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9-4.
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00:16:55,133 --> 00:16:57,498
IN OTHER NEWS,
THE L.A.P.D. REPORTS
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00:16:57,533 --> 00:17:01,173
THAT A HOMELESS MAN FORAGING
FOR FIREWOOD IN BOYLE HEIGHTS
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00:17:01,208 --> 00:17:03,032
DISCOVERED THE BODY OF A WOMAN
311
00:17:03,067 --> 00:17:06,197
WHO APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
BRUTALLY MURDERED.
312
00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,365
THIS IS
THE SECOND FEMALE VICTIM
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00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,330
TO BE FOUND IN BOYLE HEIGHTS
IN THE PAST WEEK.
314
00:17:11,333 --> 00:17:14,233
THE YOUNG WOMAN APPEARS TO HAVE
BEEN STRANGLED AND BEATEN.
315
00:17:16,333 --> 00:17:18,973
IRENE RODRIGUEZ WAS
THE SECOND VICTIM.
316
00:17:19,008 --> 00:17:21,167
SHE WAS ALSO FROM
THAT 7th AVENUE AREA
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00:17:21,202 --> 00:17:22,932
WHERE SHANNON HAD BEEN WORKING.
318
00:17:22,967 --> 00:17:25,232
AND LIKE SHANNON,
SHE WAS A HEROIN ADDICT
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00:17:25,267 --> 00:17:28,467
AND, AGAIN, WAS PROSTITUTING
TO SUPPORT THE HABIT.
320
00:17:28,502 --> 00:17:30,327
SHE WAS STRANGLED
WITH HER OWN BRA.
321
00:17:30,333 --> 00:17:32,403
SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
AND BEATEN
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00:17:32,438 --> 00:17:33,765
BEFORE AND AFTER SHE DIED,
323
00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,032
JUST LIKE THE OTHER GIRL,
SHANNON EXLEY.
324
00:17:36,067 --> 00:17:40,097
SEE THOSE LIGATURE MARKS?
THIS IS WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
325
00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:41,930
LOOK AT THIS.
326
00:17:41,933 --> 00:17:43,565
LOOK AT THE KNOTS.
327
00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,330
VERY DETAILED, PRECISE.
328
00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:49,303
NOW LOOK AT THIS ONE.
329
00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:52,830
WE FOUND THIS ON SHANNON.
330
00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:57,730
SAME KNOTS.
331
00:17:57,733 --> 00:18:00,573
BOTH VICTIMS STRANGLED
WITH A BRA.
332
00:18:00,608 --> 00:18:02,197
BOTH BRAS HAD THESE KNOTS.
333
00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,570
SAME VIOLENT SEXUAL ASSAULT.
334
00:18:05,867 --> 00:18:10,227
IRENE HAD ARRIVED IN LOS ANGELES
IN APRIL OF THAT YEAR.
335
00:18:10,233 --> 00:18:11,465
SHE HAD LEFT TEXAS,
336
00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,370
WHERE SHE WAS LIVING
WITH HER COMMON-LAW HUSBAND.
337
00:18:13,405 --> 00:18:15,532
THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN TOGETHER.
338
00:18:15,567 --> 00:18:19,067
SHE WASN'T AROUND
A LOT BECAUSE HER LIFESTYLE,
339
00:18:19,102 --> 00:18:21,097
BUT THE FACT
THAT SHE'D BEEN MURDERED
340
00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,865
AND TAKEN FROM THEM
SO BRUTALLY
341
00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:26,500
WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC
SITUATION FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
342
00:18:32,067 --> 00:18:35,127
I CAME TO THE CECIL
TO WRITE ABOUT CRIME.
343
00:18:35,133 --> 00:18:36,532
NOW IT WAS LOOKING AS IF
344
00:18:36,567 --> 00:18:38,627
A SERIAL KILLER
LIKE RICHARD RAMIREZ
345
00:18:38,633 --> 00:18:40,398
MIGHT BE ON THE LOOSE AGAIN.
346
00:18:40,433 --> 00:18:44,303
THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE WITH
INFORMATION TO CALL.
347
00:18:44,338 --> 00:18:45,900
I HAD A STORY.
348
00:18:48,533 --> 00:18:50,673
POLICE ARE REFRAINING
FROM IDENTIFYING THE VICTIM
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00:18:50,708 --> 00:18:52,627
UNTIL HER NEXT OF KIN
ARE NOTIFIED.
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00:18:52,633 --> 00:18:54,132
TWO VICTIMS.
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00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:56,527
THEIR MANNER OF DEATH WAS
SIMILAR IN NATURE.
352
00:18:56,533 --> 00:19:00,373
WE DEFINITELY HAD
A SERIAL KILLER ON THE LOOSE.
353
00:19:00,408 --> 00:19:02,727
THE SAME DETECTIVE UNIT
THAT HANDLED
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00:19:02,733 --> 00:19:06,573
IRENE AND SHANNON'S MURDER
WERE THE SAME DETECTIVES
355
00:19:06,608 --> 00:19:10,032
ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE
RICHARD RAMIREZ,
356
00:19:10,067 --> 00:19:15,467
AND HERE WE ARE YEARS LATER WITH
TWO FEMALE VICTIMS BEING KILLED.
357
00:19:15,502 --> 00:19:18,067
YOU KNOW, IS THERE GONNA BE
A THIRD?
358
00:19:18,102 --> 00:19:19,597
IS THERE GONNA BE A FOURTH?
359
00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,230
IS THE CITY GONNA UNRAVEL
AND BE IN THIS STATE OF PANIC
360
00:19:23,233 --> 00:19:26,132
AS WE WERE DURING RAMIREZ?
361
00:19:26,167 --> 00:19:29,467
BUT RICHARD RAMIREZ
HAS THE BEST ALIBI THERE IS.
362
00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:32,767
HE'S BEEN BEHIND BARS AND ON
DEATH ROW FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS.
363
00:19:34,167 --> 00:19:36,927
AND IF THIS IS THE WORK OF
A RAMIREZ COPYCAT,
364
00:19:36,933 --> 00:19:41,773
THEN I NEED TO KNOW AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE ABOUT RAMIREZ.
365
00:19:41,808 --> 00:19:44,452
I FOUND A RESEARCH LIBRARY
NEAR THE CECIL
366
00:19:44,487 --> 00:19:47,097
AND BEGAN LOOKING DEEPER
INTO RAMIREZ.
367
00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:50,730
I WAS ABLE TO FIND THOUSANDS
OF RECORDS ON HIM.
368
00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:55,727
I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT
THAT BACK IN THE '80s,
369
00:19:55,733 --> 00:19:59,298
HE, TOO, STAYED AT THE CECIL.
370
00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:02,703
FOR HIM, THERE WAS NO BETTER
PLACE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
371
00:20:04,133 --> 00:20:06,473
AND THE CECIL HOUSED
THE MOST DANGEROUS KILLER
372
00:20:06,508 --> 00:20:08,997
IN L.A.'s HISTORY.
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00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:16,670
**
374
00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:24,465
**
375
00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:25,865
I WAS ON ASSIGNMENT,
376
00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:27,865
WRITING ABOUT CRIME IN
LOS ANGELES,
377
00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:29,570
AND IT SEEMED LIKE I CAME
TO THE RIGHT PLACE
378
00:20:29,605 --> 00:20:32,732
AT THE RIGHT TIME.
379
00:20:32,767 --> 00:20:35,767
IT WAS EERILY REMINISCENT OF
A MURDER SPREE THAT
380
00:20:35,802 --> 00:20:38,767
MADE FAMOUS A SERIAL KILLER
NAMED RICHARD RAMIREZ.
381
00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:42,832
BUT NOW, THE MORE I LOOKED
INTO HIS STORY,
382
00:20:42,867 --> 00:20:46,627
THE MORE FASCINATED I BECAME
BY THE MADNESS HE EMBODIED.
383
00:20:46,633 --> 00:20:50,253
HIS REIGN OF TERROR
BEGAN ON MARCH 17th, 1985.
384
00:20:50,288 --> 00:20:53,873
IT WAS JUST ANOTHER NIGHT
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
385
00:20:53,908 --> 00:20:55,317
WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO.
386
00:20:55,352 --> 00:20:56,727
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT?
387
00:20:56,733 --> 00:20:57,933
- GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
388
00:20:57,968 --> 00:20:59,198
I GOT THIS.
389
00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:01,516
- THANK YOU, PETEY.
- ALL RIGHT.
390
00:21:01,551 --> 00:21:03,800
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
DRIVE SAFE.
391
00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:13,730
**
392
00:21:13,733 --> 00:21:15,773
MARIA HERNANDEZ
LIVED IN AN APARTMENT
393
00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:17,127
IN ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA.
394
00:21:17,133 --> 00:21:20,603
IT'S ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.
395
00:21:20,638 --> 00:21:29,530
**
396
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:37,830
**
397
00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:41,332
MARIA HAD JUST DRIVEN HOME.
398
00:21:41,367 --> 00:21:42,627
SHE HAD BEEN OUT FOR
THE EVENING.
399
00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:48,930
IT WAS 10:40 AT NIGHT,
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
400
00:21:48,933 --> 00:21:57,373
**
401
00:21:57,433 --> 00:22:05,065
**
402
00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:07,130
PLEASE! PLEASE!
PLEASE DON'T --
403
00:22:08,467 --> 00:22:10,927
NO, PLEASE!
PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!
404
00:22:10,933 --> 00:22:14,265
PLEASE, PLEASE!
405
00:22:19,567 --> 00:22:23,927
MARIA'S ROOMMATE, DAYLE OKAZAKI,
WAS INSIDE OF THE HOME.
406
00:22:23,933 --> 00:22:26,953
SHE HAD DUCKED
WHEN SHE HEARD THE GUNSHOT
407
00:22:26,988 --> 00:22:29,973
AND ACTUALLY SAW RAMIREZ
COME INTO THE HOUSE.
408
00:22:30,008 --> 00:22:36,267
**
409
00:22:36,333 --> 00:22:43,765
**
410
00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:50,067
DAYLE OKAZAKI HAD DIED
FROM A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND
411
00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:51,232
TO THE FOREHEAD,
412
00:22:51,267 --> 00:22:54,432
AND HER ROOMMATE,
MARIA HERNANDEZ,
413
00:22:54,467 --> 00:22:58,097
HAD SUSTAINED A GUNSHOT WOUND
TO HER RIGHT HAND.
414
00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:00,930
BUT THE SUSPECT WAS GONE
PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
415
00:23:00,933 --> 00:23:03,133
OF ANY OF THE DEPUTIES
RESPONDING.
416
00:23:05,333 --> 00:23:08,073
HE HAD LONG BLACK HAIR.
417
00:23:08,108 --> 00:23:09,197
NO!
418
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,570
AND HIS EYES WERE BLACK, TOO.
419
00:23:11,605 --> 00:23:12,827
NO, PLEASE!
420
00:23:12,833 --> 00:23:14,933
JUST DEAD EYES.
421
00:23:16,167 --> 00:23:20,827
HIS SKIN AND HIS...HIS FACE.
422
00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:22,903
HIS HANDS...
423
00:23:28,133 --> 00:23:30,432
SHE DESCRIBED THIS MAN
424
00:23:30,467 --> 00:23:34,197
AS A GUY WITH BAD TEETH,
BAD BREATH.
425
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,800
SHE FELT A DARKNESS AROUND HIM,
426
00:23:36,835 --> 00:23:38,932
A DARK PRESENCE.
427
00:23:41,467 --> 00:23:43,897
I READ THAT
428
00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:45,765
MARIA HERNANDEZ
AND DAYLE OKAZAKI
429
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,865
WERE ONLY THE START
OF THE KILLER'S RAMPAGE.
430
00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:52,470
EVEN ON THAT SAME NIGHT,
THERE WAS ANOTHER VICTIM.
431
00:23:52,505 --> 00:23:55,497
THE KILLER LEFT DAYLE
AND MARIA'S HOME
432
00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:58,130
AND DROVE AROUND FOR AWHILE,
433
00:23:58,133 --> 00:24:00,803
AND HE ENDED UP
IN A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY
434
00:24:00,838 --> 00:24:02,232
CALLED MONTEREY PARK.
435
00:24:02,267 --> 00:24:03,797
AND HE ENCOUNTERED A WOMAN
436
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,130
JUST PULLING UP
IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE.
437
00:24:06,133 --> 00:24:07,932
HER NAME WAS TSAI-LIAN YU.
438
00:24:07,967 --> 00:24:10,067
HE WAITED UNTIL
SHE GOT OUT OF HER CAR,
439
00:24:10,102 --> 00:24:11,227
AND THEN HE SHOT HER.
440
00:24:11,233 --> 00:24:13,303
KILLED HER RIGHT THERE.
441
00:24:15,367 --> 00:24:17,427
MORE KILLINGS FOLLOWED.
442
00:24:17,433 --> 00:24:19,403
SOME OF THEM HE WOULD SHOOT.
443
00:24:19,438 --> 00:24:21,482
SOME OF THEM HE WOULD STAB.
444
00:24:21,517 --> 00:24:23,527
SOME HE WOULD BEAT TO DEATH.
445
00:24:23,533 --> 00:24:25,516
SOMETIMES, HE WOULD RAPE.
446
00:24:25,551 --> 00:24:27,500
SOMETIMES, HE WOULD ROB.
447
00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:31,497
I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING
SOUTH LOS ANGELES
448
00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:34,332
AS A DETECTIVE,
AND THE CITY WAS ON EDGE.
449
00:24:34,367 --> 00:24:38,967
I MEAN, WE HAD A SERIAL KILLER
ON THE LOOSE WITH NO HARD LEADS.
450
00:24:39,002 --> 00:24:43,697
COPS STILL HAD NO IDEA
THE KILLER WAS RAMIREZ,
451
00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:46,530
BUT THE MEDIA GAVE HIM
A NAME --
452
00:24:46,533 --> 00:24:48,465
THE NIGHT STALKER.
453
00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:50,470
THE SUSPECT VARIES
THE TIME, PLACE,
454
00:24:50,505 --> 00:24:51,797
AND TYPE OF ATTACK,
455
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,800
BUT HE ALWAYS ENTERS THROUGH
AN OPEN DOOR OR WINDOW.
456
00:24:54,835 --> 00:24:56,132
LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICIALS
457
00:24:56,167 --> 00:24:59,197
HAVE AUTHORIZED
A $10,000 REWARD.
458
00:25:01,067 --> 00:25:02,497
HE MOVED AROUND L.A.,
459
00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:06,330
STRIKING IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS
OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
460
00:25:06,333 --> 00:25:09,165
IT WAS ALL SO RANDOM.
461
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,070
THE ONLY CONSTANT WAS THAT
HE'D STAYED AT THE CECIL.
462
00:25:12,105 --> 00:25:19,427
**
463
00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:29,032
**
464
00:25:29,067 --> 00:25:30,532
THERE WERE REPORTS AT THIS TIME
465
00:25:30,567 --> 00:25:32,727
THAT THE KILLER WAS SEEN
LATE AT NIGHT
466
00:25:32,733 --> 00:25:35,733
DISPOSING OF BLOODY CLOTHES
AND EVIDENCE
467
00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:38,133
IN THE DUMPSTER
BEHIND THE CECIL.
468
00:25:38,168 --> 00:25:46,765
**
469
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,770
SOME PEOPLE CLAIMED THAT
THE KILLER WOULD BE
470
00:25:48,805 --> 00:25:50,732
JUST WALKING BACK INTO THE CECIL
471
00:25:50,767 --> 00:25:53,197
AND DOWN THE HALL
JUST IN HIS UNDERWEAR,
472
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,130
PRESUMABLY 'CAUSE HE HAD JUST
MAYBE KILLED SOMEBODY
473
00:25:56,133 --> 00:25:59,032
AND DISPOSED OF THE CLOTHES.
474
00:25:59,067 --> 00:26:00,797
THE THING THAT YOU'VE GOT
TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE CECIL
475
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,570
IN THE '80s IS
NOBODY PROBABLY CARED.
476
00:26:03,605 --> 00:26:05,332
IT WAS A TYPICAL TUESDAY.
477
00:26:05,367 --> 00:26:08,867
6 TO 8 MURDERS
AND 25 TO 30 ATTACKS.
478
00:26:08,902 --> 00:26:10,827
I'VE BEEN VERY APPREHENSIVE.
479
00:26:10,833 --> 00:26:14,032
I KEEP MY DOORS LOCKED
AND MY GUNS LOADED.
480
00:26:14,067 --> 00:26:18,767
NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THIS
INDIVIDUAL MAY STRIKE NEXT.
481
00:26:18,802 --> 00:26:21,727
215926 AAC.
482
00:26:21,733 --> 00:26:23,873
THE BODY COUNT ROSE
WITH THE MERCURY
483
00:26:23,908 --> 00:26:26,032
IN THE SUMMER OF 1985.
484
00:26:26,067 --> 00:26:27,897
THE KILLER'S MURDERS
BECAME DARKER,
485
00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:31,170
INFLUENCED BY HIS EVER-APPARENT
BELIEF IN SATANISM.
486
00:26:33,233 --> 00:26:36,073
HE WAS MUTILATING HIS VICTIMS
AND DRAWING SATANIC SYMBOLS
487
00:26:36,108 --> 00:26:38,232
ON THE WALLS OF THEIR HOMES,
488
00:26:38,267 --> 00:26:42,197
AND SOMETIMES ON
THE VICTIMS THEMSELVES.
489
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,630
THE NIGHT STALKER WORSHIPPED
THE DEVIL AND HE WORSHIPED EVIL,
490
00:26:45,633 --> 00:26:49,850
AND IN SOME CASES
WHERE HE ENCOUNTERED VICTIMS,
491
00:26:49,885 --> 00:26:54,067
HE WOULD ASK THEM
TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO SATAN.
492
00:26:54,102 --> 00:26:55,527
THERE WAS ONE VICTIM.
493
00:26:55,533 --> 00:26:59,303
HE TOLD HER, "DON'T LOOK AT ME.
DON'T CALL THE COPS."
494
00:26:59,338 --> 00:27:03,252
SHE SAID, "DON'T WORRY.
I WON'T. I SWEAR TO GOD."
495
00:27:03,287 --> 00:27:07,167
HE TOLD HER, "DON'T SWEAR TO
GOD. SWEAR TO SATAN."
496
00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:13,032
**
497
00:27:13,067 --> 00:27:14,527
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
498
00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:17,398
FOR PANIC TO TEAR ACROSS
LOS ANGELES.
499
00:27:17,433 --> 00:27:20,073
THE LATEST VICTIM,
A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN,
500
00:27:20,108 --> 00:27:22,527
SHOT IN THE HEAD LAST THURSDAY.
501
00:27:22,533 --> 00:27:25,573
I'M AFRAID FOR EVERYBODY --
ELDERLY, YOUNG, EVERYBODY.
502
00:27:27,300 --> 00:27:30,300
DETECTIVES WERE BAFFLED BECAUSE
THERE WASN'T ANY RHYME OR REASON
503
00:27:30,335 --> 00:27:32,230
TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
504
00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:34,703
EVERYBODY WAS SCARED
FOR THEIR LIVES.
505
00:27:34,738 --> 00:27:37,732
YOU DIDN'T KNOW
WHEN HE WOULD APPEAR.
506
00:27:37,767 --> 00:27:40,727
HE STRUCK ALL OVER
LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
507
00:27:40,733 --> 00:27:44,973
HE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE A PARTICULAR
KIND OF PERSON HE LIKED TO KILL.
508
00:27:45,008 --> 00:27:47,067
THE NIGHT STALKER
KILLED INDISCRIMINATELY
509
00:27:47,102 --> 00:27:49,032
AND HE KILLED EVERYBODY.
510
00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:52,232
IT WAS THIS UNPREDICTABILITY
THAT ADDED
511
00:27:52,267 --> 00:27:56,897
AN EXTRA LAYER OF JUST
ABSOLUTE TERROR AND FEAR
512
00:27:56,900 --> 00:27:59,130
IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
513
00:27:59,133 --> 00:28:02,283
THE NIGHT STALKER
BECAME WORLD-FAMOUS,
514
00:28:02,318 --> 00:28:05,410
AND THAT'S WHAT HE SEEMED
TO CRAVE MOST -- FAME.
515
00:28:05,445 --> 00:28:09,437
NO ONE KNEW HE WAS LIVING
RIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSE,
516
00:28:09,472 --> 00:28:13,430
RIGHT THERE AT 640 MAIN STREET
AT THE CECIL HOTEL.
517
00:28:13,433 --> 00:28:17,773
BUT THIS REIGN OF TERROR
COULDN'T LAST FOREVER.
518
00:28:17,808 --> 00:28:20,967
IT NEVER DOES.
519
00:28:21,002 --> 00:28:24,567
**
520
00:28:27,267 --> 00:28:32,727
**
521
00:28:32,733 --> 00:28:34,601
A KILLER WAS ON THE LOOSE,
522
00:28:34,636 --> 00:28:36,470
AND MY STORY ABOUT
LOS ANGELES CRIME
523
00:28:36,505 --> 00:28:40,097
WAS TAKING A NEW TACK.
524
00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:41,800
IT WAS JUST LIKE THE MID-'80s,
525
00:28:41,835 --> 00:28:44,082
WHEN THE NEWS ARCHIVES
DESCRIBED
526
00:28:44,117 --> 00:28:46,330
A CITY SPIRALING
OUT OF CONTROL.
527
00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:49,951
WHILE RICHARD RAMIREZ WAS
LIVING AT THE CECIL HOTEL,
528
00:28:49,986 --> 00:28:53,906
HE WAS RIDING HIGH ON A WAVE
OF TERROR ACROSS L.A.
529
00:28:53,941 --> 00:28:57,827
WITH EACH ATTACK,
HIS EGO GREW, WITH GOOD REASON.
530
00:28:57,833 --> 00:28:59,451
MY WORK
IN SERIAL KILLERS IS THAT
531
00:28:59,486 --> 00:29:01,070
THEY THINK THEY'RE BETTER
THAN EVERYBODY.
532
00:29:01,105 --> 00:29:03,232
THEY'RE SMARTER THAN EVERYBODY,
533
00:29:03,267 --> 00:29:04,827
AND THEY PROVE IT
WHEN THEY DO THESE MURDERS
534
00:29:04,833 --> 00:29:06,065
AND GET AWAY WITH IT.
535
00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:07,830
AND THE MORE THEY DO
AND THE MORE THEY GET AWAY,
536
00:29:07,833 --> 00:29:10,198
THE MORE THAT FUELS
THE NARCISSISM,
537
00:29:10,233 --> 00:29:12,151
THE MORE THEY WANT TO SEE THAT
IN THE NEWSPAPER
538
00:29:12,186 --> 00:29:14,070
AND THE MORE THEY WANT TO SEE IT
ON TELEVISION
539
00:29:14,105 --> 00:29:15,632
BECAUSE IT JUST PROVES TO THEM
540
00:29:15,667 --> 00:29:19,827
THEIR SUPERIORITY
TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
541
00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:25,573
BUT ON AUGUST 25, 1985,
EVERYTHING CHANGED.
542
00:29:25,608 --> 00:29:27,667
A SUSPECT ATTACKED
A COUPLE LIVING TOGETHER
543
00:29:27,702 --> 00:29:29,327
IN MISSION VIEJO,
544
00:29:29,333 --> 00:29:33,073
AND HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
THE FEMALE AND SHOT THE MALE,
545
00:29:33,108 --> 00:29:35,227
LEAVING HIM FOR DEAD.
546
00:29:35,233 --> 00:29:38,133
FORTUNATELY FOR EVERYONE
INVOLVED, THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN
547
00:29:38,168 --> 00:29:42,633
WHO SAW THE SUSPECT
DRIVING BY IN A CAR.
548
00:29:42,668 --> 00:29:44,032
HE NOTIFIED AUTHORITIES,
549
00:29:44,067 --> 00:29:47,197
AND THAT CAR WAS
A REPORTED STOLEN VEHICLE,
550
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,470
AND IT WAS FOUND IN THE VICINITY
OF THE SKID ROW AREA,
551
00:29:50,505 --> 00:29:53,827
CLOSE TO THE CECIL HOTEL.
552
00:29:53,833 --> 00:29:56,873
AND THEY WERE ULTIMATELY ABLE
TO FIND A FINGERPRINT
553
00:29:56,908 --> 00:29:58,497
INSIDE THE CAR.
554
00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:02,600
IT WAS A PARTIAL THUMB PRINT
ON THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
555
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:06,965
GOTCHA.
556
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,770
THEY RUN IT THROUGH A DATABASE,
557
00:30:08,805 --> 00:30:10,432
AND WHEN THEY DO,
558
00:30:10,467 --> 00:30:14,197
THEY FIND THE ONE GUY
THAT THEY BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE
559
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,465
FOR 13 MURDERS AND 30 ASSAULTS.
560
00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:21,530
HE WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED
AS RICHARD RAMIREZ.
561
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:28,100
RICHARD RAMIREZ WAS
A YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT.
562
00:30:28,135 --> 00:30:30,065
HE WAS A DRIFTER.
563
00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:32,685
THERE WAS NO VIOLENCE
IN HIS PAST.
564
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,270
HE WAS A THIEF,
LITTLE STREET HOOD,
565
00:30:35,305 --> 00:30:36,827
A TWO-BIT CRIMINAL.
566
00:30:38,867 --> 00:30:40,727
WE'VE GOT A BOOKING PHOTO
OF HIM,
567
00:30:40,733 --> 00:30:43,533
AND IT MATCHED WHAT
THE SURVIVING VICTIMS HAD SEEN.
568
00:30:45,533 --> 00:30:48,083
POLICE WERE THEN
SURE OF IT.
569
00:30:48,118 --> 00:30:50,633
RICHARD RAMIREZ
WAS THE NIGHT STALKER,
570
00:30:50,668 --> 00:30:53,673
THE MOST WANTED MAN IN AMERICA.
571
00:30:53,708 --> 00:30:55,927
**
572
00:30:55,933 --> 00:30:57,703
THEY PUT OUT HIS MUG SHOT.
573
00:30:57,738 --> 00:30:59,967
THEY GAVE IT TO
ALL THE LOCAL MEDIA --
574
00:31:00,002 --> 00:31:02,197
TV STATIONS,
NEWSPAPERS, EVERYTHING.
575
00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:08,032
AND ON A SATURDAY MORNING,
576
00:31:08,067 --> 00:31:10,032
RICHARD RAMIREZ'S PICTURE
WAS PLASTERED
577
00:31:10,067 --> 00:31:14,432
ON THE FRONT PAGE
OF EVERY NEWSPAPER IN L.A.
578
00:31:14,467 --> 00:31:18,267
ALL OF THE PATROL UNITS,
ALL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS
579
00:31:18,302 --> 00:31:22,067
AND SURROUNDING AGENCIES
WERE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAMIREZ.
580
00:31:22,102 --> 00:31:30,097
**
581
00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:31,200
HEY, THAT'S HIM!
THAT'S THE GUY!
582
00:31:31,235 --> 00:31:32,330
- HEY.
- HEY.
583
00:31:32,333 --> 00:31:33,773
WHERE DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING, MAN?
584
00:31:33,808 --> 00:31:36,017
THIS YOU RIGHT HERE?
585
00:31:36,052 --> 00:31:38,227
A MOB OF LOCALS
586
00:31:38,233 --> 00:31:40,333
ACTUALLY CHASED RAMIREZ DOWN
587
00:31:40,368 --> 00:31:43,032
AND BEAT HIM VERY BADLY
588
00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:46,597
AND HELD HIM UNTIL THE COPS
CAME AND ARRESTED HIM.
589
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,230
THE PUBLIC, WHO WAS
TERRORIZED BY RAMIREZ,
590
00:31:50,233 --> 00:31:53,365
WERE THE ONES WHO WERE ABLE
TO TAKE HIM DOWN,
591
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,670
WHICH IS, IN SOME WAY,
KIND OF SWEET POETIC JUSTICE.
592
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,685
IT WAS OVER --
593
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,770
THE TERROR, THE HORROR.
594
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,830
LOS ANGELES COULD SLEEP
WITH BOTH EYES CLOSED AGAIN...
595
00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:10,133
AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
596
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:13,970
MR. RAMIREZ, A.K.A.
"THE NIGHT STALKER,"
597
00:32:14,005 --> 00:32:17,036
WAS CONVICTED OF
13 COUNTS OF MURDERS,
598
00:32:17,071 --> 00:32:20,067
SEVERAL OTHER COUNTS
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
599
00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:26,970
HE WAS ULTIMATELY SENTENCED
TO DEATH IN NOVEMBER OF 1989.
600
00:32:28,967 --> 00:32:32,597
RICHARD'S DEMEANOR IN COURT
WAS SHOCKING.
601
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,165
IN ONE INSTANCE, HE LAUGHED
602
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,633
WHEN THE PROSECUTOR
WOULD NAME OF THE VICTIMS
603
00:32:37,668 --> 00:32:40,067
AND THE CRIMES HE WAS
ACCUSED OF COMMITTING.
604
00:32:40,102 --> 00:32:41,827
HE DIDN'T CARE
ABOUT HIS VICTIMS.
605
00:32:41,833 --> 00:32:44,465
HE WAS CALLOUS. HE WAS COLD.
606
00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:47,670
AND HE BELIEVED THAT HE WAS
DOING SATAN'S WORK.
607
00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:51,830
RAMIREZ BECAME SOMETHING
OF A CELEBRITY.
608
00:32:53,933 --> 00:32:57,203
HE HAD BOOKS AND MOVIES
WRITTEN ABOUT HIM.
609
00:32:57,238 --> 00:32:58,800
EVEN THOUGH
HE WAS ON DEATH ROW,
610
00:32:58,835 --> 00:33:01,830
WOMEN WANTED TO BE WITH HIM.
611
00:33:01,833 --> 00:33:04,203
HE EVEN GOT MARRIED
WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON.
612
00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:12,430
**
613
00:33:12,433 --> 00:33:14,365
THIS, AGAIN, IS ABOUT
MANIPULATING THE PUBLIC,
614
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:19,100
MANIPULATING THE FEAR, HAVING
THE CONTROL TO TERRORIZE PEOPLE
615
00:33:19,135 --> 00:33:21,530
AND REVELING IN
THE INFAMY OF IT ALL.
616
00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:22,898
THE DEATH SENTENCE
617
00:33:22,933 --> 00:33:24,398
THAT WAS IMPOSED UPON
RICHARD RAMIREZ
618
00:33:24,433 --> 00:33:28,073
WAS NEVER CARRIED OUT BY
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
619
00:33:28,108 --> 00:33:32,827
PRIOR TO EXECUTION,
HE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES.
620
00:33:32,833 --> 00:33:37,898
**
621
00:33:37,933 --> 00:33:41,731
RICHARD RAMIREZ'S
CONNECTION TO THE CECIL
622
00:33:41,766 --> 00:33:45,530
ADDED AN EXTRA LAYER OF JUST
ABSOLUTE TERROR AND FEAR
623
00:33:45,533 --> 00:33:48,098
TO ITS NOTORIOUS REPUTATION
624
00:33:48,133 --> 00:33:51,031
AS KIND OF THIS MURDER HUB
OF LOS ANGELES.
625
00:33:51,066 --> 00:33:53,930
SO DID RICHARD RAMIREZ,
EVEN IN DEATH,
626
00:33:53,933 --> 00:33:56,733
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
THE MURDERS NEAR THE CECIL?
627
00:33:58,508 --> 00:34:01,067
YES. YES, HE DID.
628
00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:06,565
I HAVE NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND AT ALL
629
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,530
THAT JACK UNTERWEGER
STAYED AT THE CECIL HOTEL
630
00:34:09,533 --> 00:34:11,933
BECAUSE HE KNEW
THAT RICHARD RAMIREZ
631
00:34:11,968 --> 00:34:14,132
HAD LIVED THERE BEFORE HIM,
632
00:34:14,167 --> 00:34:18,427
AND HE JUST WANTED TO FEEL
THAT SAME ENERGY.
633
00:34:18,433 --> 00:34:22,773
I CAME TO THE CECIL TO
COPY RICHARD RAMIREZ.
634
00:34:22,808 --> 00:34:25,967
I STAYED IN HIS ROOM.
635
00:34:26,002 --> 00:34:29,127
I ROAMED HIS STREETS.
636
00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:31,600
I WANTED TO BE JUST LIKE HIM.
637
00:34:31,635 --> 00:34:34,067
I WANTED TO BE FAMOUS LIKE HIM.
638
00:34:36,067 --> 00:34:38,497
I WANTED TO BE POWERFUL
LIKE HIM.
639
00:34:40,533 --> 00:34:43,473
I WANTED TO BE FEARED
LIKE HIM...
640
00:34:46,733 --> 00:34:48,833
...BECAUSE JUST LIKE
THE NIGHT STALKER,
641
00:34:48,868 --> 00:34:51,673
I HAD COME TO LOS ANGELES
642
00:34:51,708 --> 00:34:53,367
TO KILL.
643
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,430
**
644
00:35:02,533 --> 00:35:08,732
**
645
00:35:08,767 --> 00:35:10,527
I'D COME TO LOS ANGELES
UNDER THE GUISE
646
00:35:10,533 --> 00:35:13,098
OF WRITING ABOUT CRIME.
647
00:35:13,133 --> 00:35:15,303
- READY?
- I'VE BEEN READY FOR MONTHS.
648
00:35:16,900 --> 00:35:21,600
BUT I FOOLED THE L.A.P.D.
INTO HELPING ME MAKE CRIME.
649
00:35:21,635 --> 00:35:23,230
JACK, I'M GONNA NEED YOU
TO STAY BACK.
650
00:35:24,667 --> 00:35:27,327
THE COPS SHOWED ME MY PREY...
651
00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:29,073
I DON'T HAVE TO USE
YOUR REAL NAME.
652
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,100
...WHILE I STAYED AT
THE CECIL HOTEL IN ROOM 1402,
653
00:35:35,135 --> 00:35:36,830
RICHARD RAMIREZ'S ROOM.
654
00:35:39,367 --> 00:35:42,627
I BECAME THE CITY'S
NEXT BIG SERIAL KILLER.
655
00:35:42,633 --> 00:35:51,932
**
656
00:35:51,967 --> 00:35:54,097
HEY THERE.
657
00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:55,632
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
658
00:35:55,667 --> 00:35:58,797
DOES CANDY WORK FOR YOU?
659
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,632
IT WAS ALMOST TOO EASY.
660
00:36:01,667 --> 00:36:04,727
WAVE A $10 BILL AT THEM,
AND THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING.
661
00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:08,800
- YOU FROM AROUND HERE?
- NO.
662
00:36:08,835 --> 00:36:10,230
YOU STAYING IN THE AREA?
663
00:36:10,233 --> 00:36:11,598
I AM. THE CECIL.
664
00:36:11,633 --> 00:36:13,873
- I KNOW THAT PLACE.
- YEAH, IT'S OVER THERE.
665
00:36:13,908 --> 00:36:15,767
LOOKING FOR SOME FUN?
666
00:36:15,802 --> 00:36:17,697
YEAH.
667
00:36:17,700 --> 00:36:19,800
WANNA GET OUT OF HERE?
668
00:36:19,835 --> 00:36:21,900
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
669
00:36:21,935 --> 00:36:25,332
**
670
00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:33,800
JACK UNTERWEGER'S
THIRD VICTIM WAS PEGGY BOOTH.
671
00:36:35,333 --> 00:36:37,598
**
672
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:43,215
SHE WAS MURDERED
IN A SIMILAR MANNER.
673
00:36:43,250 --> 00:36:45,730
HEY.
674
00:36:47,067 --> 00:36:50,897
**
675
00:36:50,900 --> 00:36:53,870
SHE WAS BEATEN AND STRANGLED,
AND THEN HER BRA WAS USED
676
00:36:53,905 --> 00:36:56,327
IN A STRIKINGLY SIMILAR MANNER
677
00:36:56,333 --> 00:37:00,365
AS SHANNON EXLEY'S BRA
HAD BEEN USED AS A WEAPON.
678
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,397
THEY HAD BEEN CUT AND THEN
TIED BACK TOGETHER
679
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,032
AND PULLED TIGHTLY
AROUND THE NECK
680
00:37:06,067 --> 00:37:10,327
AND TIED IN KIND OF
AN UNUSUALLY INTRICATE KNOT.
681
00:37:10,333 --> 00:37:12,532
PEGGY WAS ONLY 26 YEARS OLD.
682
00:37:12,567 --> 00:37:14,767
I MEAN, SHE HAD HER
WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HER,
683
00:37:14,802 --> 00:37:17,727
AND THIS IS NOT
AN IMMEDIATE DEATH.
684
00:37:17,733 --> 00:37:20,498
I MEAN, THIS TAKES
MINUTES TO OCCUR,
685
00:37:20,533 --> 00:37:25,073
AND TO, YOU KNOW, BE ALIVE AND
THE FIGHTING OFF YOUR ASSAILANT
686
00:37:25,108 --> 00:37:28,067
AND WHAT A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE.
687
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:38,732
**
688
00:37:38,767 --> 00:37:40,797
AFTER THREE MURDERS,
IT WAS TIME
689
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,330
TO CHECK OUT AT THE CECIL
AND LEAVE LOS ANGELES.
690
00:37:44,333 --> 00:37:50,598
**
691
00:37:50,633 --> 00:37:53,133
WHEN UNTERWEGER CHECKED OUT
OF THE HOTEL CECIL
692
00:37:53,168 --> 00:37:56,733
ON JULY 2, 1991,
HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED
693
00:37:56,768 --> 00:37:59,650
EVERYTHING HE HAD SET OUT TO DO,
694
00:37:59,685 --> 00:38:02,498
AND HE HAD GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT.
695
00:38:02,533 --> 00:38:04,873
BUT IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME.
696
00:38:04,908 --> 00:38:06,827
LATER, THE AUTHORITIES
FOUND THAT
697
00:38:06,833 --> 00:38:09,703
HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED
OF A 1974 MURDER
698
00:38:09,738 --> 00:38:12,630
AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON,
699
00:38:12,633 --> 00:38:14,773
BUT THEN HE BECAME
THIS AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
700
00:38:14,808 --> 00:38:17,227
AND PLAYWRIGHT IN PRISON.
701
00:38:17,233 --> 00:38:19,332
HE WAS RELEASED AFTER 15 YEARS,
702
00:38:19,367 --> 00:38:23,097
AND HE WAS OUT
LESS THAN ABOUT 4 MONTHS
703
00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:24,670
BEFORE HE DID HIS FIRST MURDER.
704
00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:28,263
THE OBVIOUS TRAGEDY
OF THIS IS
705
00:38:28,298 --> 00:38:29,827
HE DID MANIPULATE THE L.A.P.D.
706
00:38:29,833 --> 00:38:34,703
TO FAMILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH
THE PROSTITUTION SCENE IN L.A.
707
00:38:36,167 --> 00:38:38,467
I MEAN, COULD I HAVE
SOMEONE LIKE THAT IN MY CAR,
708
00:38:38,502 --> 00:38:40,197
NOT KNOWING?
709
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,630
I MEAN, HERE WAS A KILLER
SITTING WITH THE COPS,
710
00:38:42,633 --> 00:38:46,773
AND HE MAY BE PREYING AND
LOOKING FOR HIS NEXT VICTIMS.
711
00:38:46,808 --> 00:38:49,232
WHAT A HORRIBLE FEELING.
712
00:38:49,267 --> 00:38:52,032
IN A WAY, THERE'S SOME
BRILLIANCE TO THIS.
713
00:38:52,067 --> 00:38:54,497
IF YOU'RE A SERIAL KILLER AND
YOU'RE GOING TO COME INTO L.A.
714
00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:56,532
AND KILL SOME PROSTITUTES,
715
00:38:56,567 --> 00:38:59,127
YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP
A VERY LOW PROFILE.
716
00:38:59,133 --> 00:39:00,398
JACK, WHAT DOES HE DO?
717
00:39:00,433 --> 00:39:03,633
HE GOES TO THE L.A.P.D.
AND GETS A RIDE-ALONG.
718
00:39:03,668 --> 00:39:05,403
YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD SUSPECT HIM?
719
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:12,532
**
720
00:39:12,567 --> 00:39:13,897
I WAS ALREADY LONG GONE
721
00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:16,470
WHEN THE L.A.P.D. FIGURED OUT
WHAT I'D DONE.
722
00:39:22,733 --> 00:39:26,673
I WAS HOME IN VIENNA,
BUT I WASN'T HOME FREE.
723
00:39:29,067 --> 00:39:31,197
AUTHORITIES WERE ON MY TRAIL
AFTER REALIZING
724
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:32,970
I HAD KILLED
MANY OTHERS IN EUROPE
725
00:39:33,005 --> 00:39:34,727
BEFORE MY L.A. TRIP.
726
00:39:37,067 --> 00:39:38,327
AT THE HEIGHT OF JACK'S FAME,
727
00:39:38,333 --> 00:39:40,333
THERE WAS A SERIES
OF PROSTITUTE MURDERS
728
00:39:40,368 --> 00:39:41,598
THAT TOOK PLACE IN AUSTRIA
729
00:39:41,633 --> 00:39:44,603
AND A COUPLE OF OTHER
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CLOSE BY.
730
00:39:44,638 --> 00:39:46,530
THESE ARE WOMEN WHO HAD
BEEN BRUTALLY BEATEN,
731
00:39:46,533 --> 00:39:48,773
WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN STRANGLED
WITH THEIR OWN BRAS.
732
00:39:48,808 --> 00:39:51,327
THEY KNEW THEY WERE LINKED
TO ONE GUY.
733
00:39:51,333 --> 00:39:53,898
HE WAS CALLED
THE VIENNA WOODS KILLER,
734
00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:56,373
AND IT WAS ONLY AFTER
A POTENTIAL VICTIM GOT AWAY
735
00:39:56,408 --> 00:39:57,732
AND MADE IT TO
A POLICE STATION
736
00:39:57,767 --> 00:40:01,097
THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP
DETECTIVES FIGURE OUT
737
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:03,730
WHO THE VIENNA WOODS
KILLER REALLY WAS,
738
00:40:03,733 --> 00:40:06,432
AND IT WAS JACK UNTERWEGER.
739
00:40:06,467 --> 00:40:11,197
JACK UNTERWEGER WAS ULTIMATELY
CHARGED WITH 11 MURDERS,
740
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,683
THREE OF WHICH OCCURRED
IN LOS ANGELES
741
00:40:13,718 --> 00:40:16,167
WHILE HE WAS STAYING
AT THE CECIL HOTEL
742
00:40:16,202 --> 00:40:19,267
WHILE HE RODE
WITH POLICE OFFICERS
743
00:40:19,302 --> 00:40:22,327
FROM LOS ANGELES.
744
00:40:22,333 --> 00:40:24,915
JACK'S REAL REASON
FOR COMING TO LOS ANGELES
745
00:40:24,950 --> 00:40:27,497
WAS HE WAS FASCINATED WITH
RICHARD RAMIREZ.
746
00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:32,300
HE WANTED TO LIVE
RAMIREZ'S LIFE IN HIS OWN WAY.
747
00:40:32,335 --> 00:40:34,230
HE WANTED TO BE
IN THE CECIL HOTEL.
748
00:40:34,233 --> 00:40:36,718
HE WANTED TO COMMIT MURDER
IN LOS ANGELES.
749
00:40:36,753 --> 00:40:39,203
HE WANTED TO BE A PART OF
THE ROGUES' GALLERY
750
00:40:39,238 --> 00:40:40,930
OF LOS ANGELES CRIMINALS,
751
00:40:40,933 --> 00:40:43,603
AND HE SAW THE PINNACLE
OF THAT BEING RICHARD RAMIREZ
752
00:40:43,638 --> 00:40:45,570
AND HIS LIFE IN THE CECIL HOTEL.
753
00:40:45,605 --> 00:40:49,327
**
754
00:40:49,333 --> 00:40:51,165
I THINK THAT,
IN HIS OWN WAY,
755
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,470
JACK WAS PAYING A HOMAGE
TO THE NIGHT STALKER,
756
00:40:54,505 --> 00:40:55,797
TO RICHARD RAMIREZ,
757
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,530
BUT I THINK
HE JUST LIKED THE IDEA.
758
00:40:58,533 --> 00:41:01,480
I MEAN, THERE AREN'T THAT MANY
SERIAL KILLERS AT WORK.
759
00:41:01,515 --> 00:41:04,427
HOW OFTEN ARE YOU GOING TO BUMP
INTO ONE OF YOUR OWN KIND,
760
00:41:04,433 --> 00:41:06,883
EVEN IF IT'S A FEW YEARS
AFTER THE FACT?
761
00:41:06,918 --> 00:41:09,333
I THINK HE WANTED TO FEED
ON THAT ENERGY.
762
00:41:11,267 --> 00:41:13,797
FOR MOST PLACES,
THE FACT THAT TWO SERIAL KILLERS
763
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,900
HAD LIVED THERE WOULD BE
KIND OF THE REASON
764
00:41:16,935 --> 00:41:19,065
A PLACE IS SO DARK AND HAUNTED,
765
00:41:19,100 --> 00:41:22,770
BUT THIS WAS JUST KIND OF PAR
FOR THE COURSE AT THE CECIL.
766
00:41:22,805 --> 00:41:25,597
THE CECIL HAD HAD HORRIBLE
THINGS TAKING PLACE AT IT
767
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,832
ALMOST FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
768
00:41:27,867 --> 00:41:30,497
SEEMS LIKE KILLERS AND PREDATORS
LOVE THE CECIL HOTEL.
769
00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:32,930
IT SEEMS TO BE
A NATURAL HABITAT.
770
00:41:32,933 --> 00:41:36,433
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE PEOPLE
AT THE CECIL OR THE PLACE,
771
00:41:36,468 --> 00:41:39,333
BUT IT'S REALLY CHILLING
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
772
00:41:39,368 --> 00:41:43,065
**
773
00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:44,930
IN THE END, I WAS TRIED
AND CONVICTED
774
00:41:44,933 --> 00:41:48,403
OF 9 OUT OF THE 11 MURDERS
I'D BEEN CHARGED WITH.
775
00:41:50,567 --> 00:41:53,167
I WAS SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.
776
00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:59,232
**
777
00:41:59,267 --> 00:42:01,127
BUT I WOULD GET THE LAST WORD.
778
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,332
I WOULD DEFY THEM ALL --
779
00:42:05,367 --> 00:42:08,067
THE JUDGE, THE LAWYERS,
THE POLICE.
780
00:42:09,733 --> 00:42:13,130
I WOULD NEVER SPEND
A SINGLE NIGHT IN PRISON.
781
00:42:13,165 --> 00:42:16,527
WITHIN ABOUT 6 HOURS
OF THE VERDICT COMING IN,
782
00:42:16,533 --> 00:42:20,398
JACK HAD HUNG HIMSELF
IN HIS CELL.
783
00:42:20,433 --> 00:42:24,073
HE DID THE SAME KNOT THERE THAT
HE DID WITH THE OTHER VICTIMS,
784
00:42:24,108 --> 00:42:26,067
AND SOME PEOPLE COMMENTED THAT
THAT WAS PROBABLY
785
00:42:26,102 --> 00:42:28,497
JACK'S BEST MURDER OF ALL.
786
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:31,700
**
58564
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