The Doodler | 7. The Man in the Sketch
After the publication of the composite sketch, leads begin to pour in. SFPD receives a call from a psychiatrist’s office. The doctor claims the man in the sketch might be their patient. Homicide inves...
12 Aug 202532min
The Doodler | 6. A Sketch for the Street Cops
In the Fall of 1975, a composite sketch of The Doodler is published in the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Sentinel, and tips begin to roll in. Street cops are on high alert for anyone m...
5 Aug 202525min
The Doodler | 5. An Actor and a Diplomat Walk into a Bar
At the end of 1975, The Doodler murders Harald Gullberg, the fifth and final suspected fatality that investigators have tied to this case. The Doodler’s sixth victim actually survives a brutal knife a...
29 Jul 202536min
The Doodler | 4. Gilford and Sanders
More than a year after the murder of Gerald Cavanagh, the SFPD finally assigns a dedicated team of investigators to The Doodler case. Turns out Rotea Gilford and Earl Sanders, the first Black homicide...
22 Jul 202532min
The Doodler | 3. The Zebra Diversion
Kevin and Mike dig deeper into the lives of the first three Doodler victims, and a clear pattern begins to emerge around the method and location of these deaths: brutal stabbings in remote hookup spot...
15 Jul 202527min
The Doodler | 2. Murder, Mistrust, and the SFPD
The Doodler’s second known victim is an up-and-coming San Francisco drag queen named Jae Stevens. In the present, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Kevin Fagan recruits private investigator and former Chr...
8 Jul 202535min
The Doodler | 1. The Coldest Case in San Francisco
You’ve probably heard of the Zodiac Killer but not The Doodler. Why not? Between 1974 and ‘75 he killed at least 5 gay men in San Francisco and got away with it. But ever since, the case has been most...
1 Jul 202533min
The Arsonist Next Door | 6: Behind the Facade
The identity of the culprit raises more questions. Was this crusade to protect the desert real? Or just a smoke screen for something far more sinister? A shocking twist reveals how this local story en...
5 Jun 202552min
