logo
episode-header-image
Jun 2017
1h 27m

Case 53: The East Area Rapist 1978–1979 ...

Casefile Presents
About this episode

[Part 4 of 6]

As the 1970s drew to a close, the East Area Rapist continued terrorising residents of Northern California. His attacks became increasingly violent, with one psychologist warning that the perpetrator would most likely escalate to murder as soon as he felt killing was justified.

---


Researched and written by Anna Priestland

Download the map of the attacks here

Download "The Homework" files here

For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-53-east-area-rapist-1978-1979-part-4


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Jul 18
Case 347: Zahra Baker
*** Content warnings: Child abuse, crimes against children, sexual assault ***When 10-year-old Zahra Baker was reported missing by her father and stepmum in Hickory, North Carolina, one Saturday afternoon in 2010, it sparked the largest missing persons investigation in the city's ... Show More
1h 44m
Jul 11
Case 346: Megumi Yokota
*** Content warnings: Child abduction ***When 13-year-old Megumi Yokota failed to return home from her regular badminton practice on November 15 1977, her parents immediately raised the alarm.The police in Niigata, Japan, conducted one of the city’s largest ever investigations, b ... Show More
1h 22m
Jul 4
Case 345: The Barking Murders
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, drug use, suicide, homophobia ***Over a 16-month period between 2014 and 2015, four young men—Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor—each died under unusual circumstances in the East London suburb of Barking.While t ... Show More
1h 38m
Recommended Episodes
Mar 2018
Launching A Manhunt For A Killer
The Golden State Killer terrorized California for ten years, and then all but vanished without a trace. He started as the East Area Rapist in Northern California where his crimes included home invasion, burglary and sexual assault, but it wasn't until he journeyed south to Santa ... Show More
43m 19s
Jun 2021
“The Bike Path Killer” Altemio Sanchez Pt. 1
An elusive rapist stalked areas around Buffalo, New York, for decades beginning in the late 1970s. When he moved to a city once dubbed the “Safest City in America,” he began using his signature weapon to not just subdue… but to kill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas ... Show More
42m 33s
Apr 2025
SERIAL KILLER: The Golden State Killer Pt. 1
Burglary. Stalking. Rape. Murder. Before the world knew him as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo instilled fear across California. In Part 1, we explore his dark past, twisted relationships, and how his obsession with control escalated into cold-blooded murder.Killer ... Show More
48m 26s
Aug 2025
This Comedian Caught a Serial Killer? - The Golden State Killer Story
The Golden State Killer, later identified as Joseph James DeAngelo, was a former police officer who terrorized California from the 1970s through the 1980s 
8m 9s
Feb 2020
The Zodiac Killer Pt. 1
In the summer of 1969, newspapers in San Francisco began receiving coded letters from a man who would come to identify himself as "the Zodiac." The killer confessed to a string of brutal murders and would go on to terrorize the Bay area into the early 1970s. Learn more about your ... Show More
37m 40s
Mar 2018
Close Call with the Golden State Killer
The Golden State Killer terrorized California from 1976 to 1986; committing 51 attacks and 12 murders... that law enforcement know of. They have DNA, victim statements, and a handful of near misses. In this special preview of the "Unmasking A Killer" companion podcast, Detective ... Show More
9m 48s