Butchers of L.A.
2025 · SundanceTV · 45 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Keeping Score
Fri, 11 July, 12:00 pm
With Bonin behind bars, law enforcement hopes the nightmare is over—until another wave of brutal freeway murders shatters their illusion. This third killer is by far the most methodical of them all and, if not for a random police check, might have evaded police for years.
About
Butchers of L.A. sheds new light on the horrifying crimes of the "Freeway Killers" who terrorized Southern California over two decades.
From the early 1970s, gay men were being savagely murdered and their bodies carelessly discarded along Southern California's highways. Initially, police suspected a single perpetrator, but the detectives' investigation ultimately revealed that three killers were operating, independently of each other, in the same vicinity. With intertwined storylines and dramatic twists and turns throughout, Butchers of L.A. exposes three sadistic serial killers — Patrick Kearney, William Bonin, and Randy Kraft — and explains the truth behind these horrifying events.
Episodes
- E01
Trash Bags
Fri, 27 June· 45 minIn the late 1960s and early 1970s, law enforcement agencies discovered a pattern of murdered hitchhikers and young men, their remains crudely disposed of in industrial-strength garbage bags. Their investigation led them to an unassuming aerospace engineer, who lived a double life as a sadistic killer.
- E02
On the Freeway
Fri, 4 July· 46 minWith Patrick Kearney behind bars, police realize another predator is on the loose—an in-depth investigation leads police to "The Freeway Killer" and his torture chamber on wheels. The murders suggest the work of more than one single killer, which escalates the horror, forcing authorities to finally acknowledge that multiple Freeway Killers are at work.
- E03
Keeping Score
Fri, 11 July· 44 minWith Bonin behind bars, law enforcement hopes the nightmare is over—until another wave of brutal freeway murders shatters their illusion. This third killer is by far the most methodical of them all and, if not for a random police check, might have evaded police for years.
