Alice Walton and Shelby Grad
Good morning, it is Monday, Sept. 5. On this sunny Labor Day, we are taking a detour into noir. There’s been quite a bit of true-crime reporting in the Essential California newsletter the past week because of The Times’ series “Framed,” about a bizarre incident in Irvine.
We’d like to welcome our new readers who have signed up to receive Essential California through “Framed,” and offer a holiday change-up from our usual format for our many longtime readers, with a special edition of the newsletter devoted to California crime. The traditional Essential California will return Tuesday.
Below is a selection of classic true-crime tales published over the years in The Times as well as many other publications. Every story here is tragic in its own way, but each reveals something about the human condition and the state in which we live:
The Grim Sleeper and the forgotten serial killer of South L.A. By Christine Pelisek, L.A. Weekly
Rape, lies and a nightmare made real. By Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times
In the footsteps of a prolific California serial killer. By Michelle MacNamara, Los Angeles Magazine
“Trouble in Lakewood” and the “spur posse.” By Joan Didion, The New Yorker
Charles Manson’s home on the range. By Gay Talese, GQ/The Daily Beast
A group of friends go to the desert. Four don’t return. By J.R. Moehringer,Los Angeles Times
The man in the woods: A manhunt and a hunt for the truth. By Ashley Powers, California Sunday
Four children are murdered, and Koreatown is left asking why. By Mona Gable, Los Angeles Times
The Zankou Chicken Murders. By Marx Arax, Los Angeles Magazine
The Boy in the Chimney and an unspeakable murder in South L.A. By Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times
Christopher Dorner: A rouge ex-cop goes hunting. By Christopher Goffard, Kurt Streeter, Joel Rubin and Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
Who killed the gangster’s daughter? Was it Robert Durst? By Lisa DePaulo, New York Magazine
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