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Crimes of the Times

Crimes of the Times

By: L.A. Times Studios
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L.A. Times reporter Christopher Goffard of “Dirty John” is back with another riveting podcast from L.A. Times Studios. In “Crimes of the Times,” Goffard goes deep behind the scenes of a new story each week, cutting through common myths and misconceptions to uncover what really happened in the most compelling cases from L.A. and beyond.© 2017 All Rights Reserved. Politics & Government Social Sciences True Crime
Episodes
  • How A Hillside Strangler Nearly Went Free

    How A Hillside Strangler Nearly Went Free
    Jun 30 2026

    The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.

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    34 mins
  • Suicide by Father? The Tragic Death of Marvin Gaye

    Suicide by Father? The Tragic Death of Marvin Gaye
    Jun 23 2026

    In 1984, soul legend Marvin Gaye was in the grip of a cocaine habit and living with his father, a hard-drinking Pentecostal preacher with whom he had a lifetime of bad blood. One day, Gaye gave his father a gun and told him it was to protect the house. Some would see an elaborate plan to orchestrate suicide by his father’s hand.
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    30 mins
  • The Unsolved Slaying of Joe Gatto

    The Unsolved Slaying of Joe Gatto
    Jun 16 2026

    When retired art teacher Joseph Gatto was shot to death inside his Silver Lake home in 2013, the LAPD theorized that a fleeing car burglar might be the killer. The victim’s son, a prominent California legislator, found that story increasingly hard to believe.
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    38 mins
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