36 min

252: Survival: The Survivors of William Bonin, Part 1 Corpus Delicti

    • True Crime

Roger Sproston was hitchhiking home when he was picked up by a man who went on to try and strangle him to death. When he escaped and informed police, they told him he had just likely encountered a serial killer. So who was this serial killer? And did anyone else survive?

To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti



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Music by:

Kai Engel

"Daemones"

Blooper music by:

Art of Escapism

"Coal Miners"

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.



Sources:

How a Wolverhampton man escaped the clutches of a serial killer | Express & Star (expressandstar.com)

Experience: I escaped from a serial killer | US crime | The Guardian

Roger Sproston on the lost art of travel including hiking alone in Kathmandu | Daily Mail Online

People v. Bonin (1988) :: :: Supreme Court of California Decisions :: California Case Law :: California Law :: US Law :: Justia

Gadsden Times - Google News Archive Search

San Bernardino Sun 19 October 1980 — California Digital Newspaper Collection (ucr.edu)

William George Bonin, Petitioner-appellant, v. Arthur Calderon, As Warden of San Quentin State Prison;james Rowland, Director of the Californiadepartment of Corrections, Respondents-appellees, 59 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. 1995) :: Justia

PAGE ONE -- Boys' Killer Led a Twisted, Tortured Life (sfgate.com)

The Vietnam War is to blame for the 14... - UPI Archives

Profile of Serial Killer William Bonin, The Freeway Killer (thoughtco.com)

TESTIMONY GRAPHIC IN 'FREEWAY KILLINGS' CASE - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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Roger Sproston was hitchhiking home when he was picked up by a man who went on to try and strangle him to death. When he escaped and informed police, they told him he had just likely encountered a serial killer. So who was this serial killer? And did anyone else survive?

To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti



Our merch store can be found at teepublic.com/stores/corpus-delicti-podcast



Music by:

Kai Engel

"Daemones"

Blooper music by:

Art of Escapism

"Coal Miners"

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.



Sources:

How a Wolverhampton man escaped the clutches of a serial killer | Express & Star (expressandstar.com)

Experience: I escaped from a serial killer | US crime | The Guardian

Roger Sproston on the lost art of travel including hiking alone in Kathmandu | Daily Mail Online

People v. Bonin (1988) :: :: Supreme Court of California Decisions :: California Case Law :: California Law :: US Law :: Justia

Gadsden Times - Google News Archive Search

San Bernardino Sun 19 October 1980 — California Digital Newspaper Collection (ucr.edu)

William George Bonin, Petitioner-appellant, v. Arthur Calderon, As Warden of San Quentin State Prison;james Rowland, Director of the Californiadepartment of Corrections, Respondents-appellees, 59 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. 1995) :: Justia

PAGE ONE -- Boys' Killer Led a Twisted, Tortured Life (sfgate.com)

The Vietnam War is to blame for the 14... - UPI Archives

Profile of Serial Killer William Bonin, The Freeway Killer (thoughtco.com)

TESTIMONY GRAPHIC IN 'FREEWAY KILLINGS' CASE - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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