Media for I'll Be Gone In The Dark

[Meredith Quill]

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[Veronica]

I recommend listening to  The Lawyer’s Daughter podcast. Jen Carole Lyman Smith’s daughter is the Lawyer’s Daughter.

She was 18ish when her father & stepmother were murdered. She was considered a suspect even though they knew Charlene had been raped. She’s  not real happy with HBO, IBGITD, or Paul Holes. 

[Veronica]

How a serial killer created an industry.

[Veronica]

The process of sending the GSK to prison.

Edited August 7, 2020 by Veronica

[FoundTime]

NPR review of the series as a whole, by their pop culture blogger (who will always be Miss Alli to me):

'I'll Be Gone In The Dark' Sheds Light On Both Justice And Its Pursuers

[ElectricBoogaloo]

EAR/ONS aka the Golden State Killer was sentenced to life in prison today

Patton Oswalt Honors Late Wife Michelle McNamara After Golden State Killer's Sentencing: 'Go Forward in Peace'

Apology at sentencing deepens mystery of Golden State Killer (and you'll note in the photo that OF COURSE he's the kind of dickhead who just had to remove his mask to speak):
 

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Just before receiving multiple consecutive life sentences, Joseph James DeAngelo, the former California police officer who lived a double life as the murderous sociopath dubbed the Golden State Killer, broke his silence to tell a hushed courtroom filled with victims and their family members that he was “truly sorry” for the crimes.

It was such an unexpected moment that it brought gasps from those in the gallery, many of whom sat through an extraordinary four-day sentencing hearing filled with graphic and heart-wrenching testimony from dozens of victims. It also reinforced that nobody ever seemed to know what DeAngelo would do and who he was, which helps explain how he eluded detection for four decades while committing at least 13 killings and dozens of rapes.

The 74-year-old DeAngelo spoke for only a few seconds after rising from a wheelchair that newly released jail video shows he doesn’t need.

"I listened to all your statements, each one of them, and I’m truly sorry for everyone I’ve hurt,” he said, putting aside the weak, quavering voice he used to plead guilty and also admit to multiple other sexual assaults for which the statute of limitations had expired.

ETA: The statements from his family (his sister, his niece, a childhood family friend, and another niece) are read by his lawyers beginning at the 1hr 4min mark. He makes a statement around the 1hr 14min mark.

His ex-wife's victim impact statement can be read here.

Edited August 22, 2020 by ElectricBoogaloo

[aghst]

 

[GaT]

On 12/2/2020 at 7:29 PM, aghst said:

 

Is this in the right forum? I don't understand what it has to do with the Golden State Killer.

[formerlyfreedom]

22 minutes ago, GaT said:

Is this in the right forum? I don't understand what it has to do with the Golden State Killer.

It’s the theme song from the show.

[GaT]

16 minutes ago, saoirse said:

It’s the theme song from the show.

Ahh, thanks, I had no idea why it was here 🙂

[DanaK]

There will be a special episode followup to the series on June 21 https://www.hbo.com/ill-be-gone-in-the-dark

[aghst]

Interview with Paul Holes, originally in August 2022 after his book came out.

Holes collaborated with Michelle McNamara, whom he was initially skeptical of.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/06/1203897830/after-a-career-of-cracking-cold-cases-investigator-paul-holes-opens-up

 

Holes gets emotional during the interview when talking about Michelle passing.

Talks about how they chased down genetic data and how they narrowed down a list of suspects, determined that they must investigate the possible matches, given age and gender and whether they lived in the area where the crimes occurred.

During this part of the interview, I felt a bit uneasy.  Holes was retired from the police force when he and Michelle were chasing down possible leads, so they were basically amateur or civilian lobbyists.

You wonder what kind of things they did to find out more about the possible suspects, whether they invaded the privacy of some suspects who were innocent, as they narrowed down their list.

They dug out a tissue out of DeAngelo's trash to match him genetically to the evidence from the crime scenes.

First of all, how did they get access to the crime scene data.

Second, is that piece of tissue admissible evidence?  Because the police would need probable cause and a court order to search the premises of the suspect.

So because these true crime people who wanted to find the killer but also wanted content for their podcasts had suspicion which turned out to be right, they have some right to dig through his trash?  What if they had to break into his home to collect evidence?

Then the law enforcement agency which arrested the suspect gave Holes a chance to interrogate him.  Again, Holes was a civilian at that point so that doesn't seem legal.  

DeAngelo didn't cooperate with the interrogators and to this day he hasn't said why he committed the crimes.

But if DeAngelo had confessed while Holes was taking part in the interrogation, again is that legal procedure?

 

Holes is asked about the true crime craze.  He acknowledges that it's kind of an entertainment phenomenon.  They don't discuss the money generated by these podcasts and books, including the one he's written.

But he says he thinks of the victims, to justify all this activity.