Murder Phone

Tony Ciaglia
  • 4.6 (92)
  • TRUE CRIME
  • WEEKLY SERIES

In Season One Tony will cover his life with a brain injury and how it eventually led him to corresponding with some of the world's most notorious serial killers. The first season will describe Tony's 6 year relationship with David Gore. Through Gore’s letters you will get to know this monster’s most intimate thoughts. How he hunted, what were his trophies, personal detailed descriptions of killings, his Death Row relationship with Ted Bundy and how he literally talked his way into the execution chamber. You will hear interviews with women who survived to tell of their horrifying experience with David Gore and Fred Waterfield The Killing Cousins. Tony will cover a story that not many know and no one ever talks about. We guarantee that this season will get you as close to a Serial Killer as you ever want to be.  Standard Legal Disclaimer for Murder Phone: “The content of this podcast, including all phone calls, interviews, and original commentary, is the exclusive property of Murder Phone Podcasts, You Tube Video,Ciaglia Productions and Murder Phone LLC and any and all Murder Phone Productions. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or redistribution of any part of this show—including but not limited to recorded calls with incarcerated individuals—is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action. All audio recordings featured in this podcast are used with permission and are protected under copyright law. Any individual or entity using our original material without express written consent will be subject to copyright infringement claims and DMCA takedown notices. Murder Phone is more than a podcast—it’s a protected body of work. Respect it, or face the consequences.”

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Season 8 William George Bonin, The Freeway Killer. Episode 1: “Groomed by Monsters: Bonin Before the Freeway.”

    Before the headlines. Before the handcuffs. Before the bodies… There was a childhood shaped by violence, neglect, and unchecked warning signs that were impossible to ignore—yet ignored anyway. This season exposes not only the making of a killer, but the system that failed to stop him. And again exclusively,  Murder Phone brings you something few ever hear:  real conversations with Bonin’s accomplices. Greg Miley and James Munro weren’t just witnesses.  They rode in the van.  They heard the screams.  They were there. Through firsthand accounts and chilling insight, we explore what they called “cruising sessions”—a deceptively casual term for something far more sinister: hunting, trapping, and destroying innocent lives. In the shadowy annals of true crime, few names evoke the same level of horror as William Bonin. In this first episode join hosts Tony Ciaglia—The Serial Killer Whisperer—along with his brother Joey, and their father Al as they take you on a haunting, unfiltered deep dive into the life, crimes, and failures surrounding one of the most evil predators ever to walk among us. Standard Legal Disclaimer for Murder Phone: “The content of this podcast, including all phone calls, interviews, and original commentary, is the exclusive property of Murder Phone Podcasts, You Tube Video,Ciaglia Productions and Murder Phone LLC and any and all Murder Phone Productions. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or redistribution of any part of this show—including but not limited to recorded calls with incarcerated individuals—is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action. All audio recordings featured in this podcast are used with permission and are protected under copyright law. Any individual or entity using our original material without express written consent will be subject to copyright infringement claims and DMCA takedown notices. Murder Phone is more than a podcast—it’s a protected body of work. Respect it, or face the consequences.”

    1h 15m

  2. EPISODE 2

    Season 8 William Bonin The Freeway Killer Episode 2 “Honorable Discharge, Dishonorable Secrets”

    Join host Tony Ciaglia and his father Al as they descend into William Bonin’s time in Vietnam. December 1966.  Bonin doesn’t enlist for honor—he enlists because someone thinks the military can fix him. It can’t. Because Bonin is already broken. Before the uniform—before Vietnam—he’s already fantasizing about rape. About murder. Then comes the theft arrest.  Charges disappear.  Not because he’s innocent—but because the system has a better idea. Ship him to war. Vietnam doesn’t create the monster.  It gives him permission. Strapped to the open belly of a helicopter…  machine gun in hand…  700 hours of combat…Bonin doesn’t just survive the chaos—He thrives in it. Power, Control.  Life and death at his fingertips. Because war doesn’t ask questions.  It buries them. And Bonin learns the most dangerous lesson of all: You can do anything…  and walk away clean.  He wasn’t alone. Shawcross. Berkowitz. Gacy. Kraft. Different names. Same pattern. Warning signs ignored.  Darkness documented, then dismissed. Stamped, Filed, Forgotten. Until the war comes home. Next time on Murder Phone—  Bonin returns to civilian life. No rules.  No supervision.  No one watching. And the hunting… begins. Standard Legal Disclaimer for Murder Phone: “The content of this podcast, including all phone calls, interviews, and original commentary, is the exclusive property of Murder Phone Podcasts, You Tube Video,Ciaglia Productions and Murder Phone LLC and any and all Murder Phone Productions. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or redistribution of any part of this show—including but not limited to recorded calls with incarcerated individuals—is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action. All audio recordings featured in this podcast are used with permission and are protected under copyright law. Any individual or entity using our original material without express written consent will be subject to copyright infringement claims and DMCA takedown notices. Murder Phone is more than a podcast—it’s a protected body of work. Respect it, or face the consequences.”

    1h 10m

  3. EPISODE 3

    Season 8 William George Bonin, The Freeway Killer. Episode 3 – “Stamped Safe, Set Loose, Proven Deadly”

    Bonin came back from war in 1968… but whatever returned wasn’t the same man. William Bonin walked into California colder, emptier—like something had hollowed him out and left the shell behind. His family saw it in his eyes. Not pain. Not trauma. Something darker. Something waiting. Then the frenzy began. Five boys. Abducted. Assaulted. Discarded.  Not a spree. Not even chaos.  This was a predator off the leash, sloppy, reckless, escalating. And for one brief, fragile moment, the system actually caught him.  This should’ve been the end. A cell. A lock. Silence. Instead?  They studied him. Labeled him. Diagnosed him like a specimen on a slide.  Manic depression. Sexual sadism. Antisocial. A stack of clinical terms trying, and failing to explain a human void. At Atascadero State Hospital, they didn’t stop him. They paused him. Because monsters don’t heal… they wait. By 1974, the same system that saw everything, every warning sign, every victim, stamped him safe and opened the door. And Bonin stepped back into the world, ready to hunt. Arrested again, he didn’t deny it. He smirked. “Next time, there won’t be any living witnesses.” Still no life sentence.  Still no real consequences. By 1977, he was out. Again.  Eighteen months probation. That’s it. He buys a van.  He starts recruiting.  And what comes next, Isn’t a spree.  It’s not even madness. It’s method. And that’s when the killing starts! Standard Legal Disclaimer for Murder Phone: “The content of this podcast, including all phone calls, interviews, and original commentary, is the exclusive property of Murder Phone Podcasts, You Tube Video,Ciaglia Productions and Murder Phone LLC and any and all Murder Phone Productions. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or redistribution of any part of this show—including but not limited to recorded calls with incarcerated individuals—is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action. All audio recordings featured in this podcast are used with permission and are protected under copyright law. Any individual or entity using our original material without express written consent will be subject to copyright infringement claims and DMCA takedown notices. Murder Phone is more than a podcast—it’s a protected body of work. Respect it, or face the consequences.”

    1h 11m

  4. EPISODE 4

    Season 8 William Bonin The Freeway Killer Episode 4 "The Freeway Killer's Most Disturbing Accomplice — Vernon Butts

    Tony and Al turn their attention to Vernon Butts, one of the most disturbing accomplices in the William Bonin murder spree.  Known as the Freeway Killer, Bonin didn't always act alone — and Butts stands out as one of the most unsettling figures in his orbit. This episode features a chilling audio conversation with James Munro, another accomplice who knew Butts personally.  Munro offers a haunting firsthand account of Bonin's transformation during his crimes, describing how Bonin's entire demeanor would shift — his appearance and eyes changing into something unrecognizable, almost crazed.  Munro also paints a vivid and deeply unsettling portrait of Butts himself: a towering 6'4" figure who didn't just assist in the killings — he relished them. Tony then walks listeners through the first two murders committed by Bonin and Butts together — the deaths of Thomas Lundgren and Mark Shelton.  Two victims. Two lives cut short.  And as Tony makes clear, it was only the beginning. Standard Legal Disclaimer for Murder Phone: “The content of this podcast, including all phone calls, interviews, and original commentary, is the exclusive property of Murder Phone Podcasts, You Tube Video,Ciaglia Productions and Murder Phone LLC and any and all Murder Phone Productions. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or redistribution of any part of this show—including but not limited to recorded calls with incarcerated individuals—is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action. All audio recordings featured in this podcast are used with permission and are protected under copyright law. Any individual or entity using our original material without express written consent will be subject to copyright infringement claims and DMCA takedown notices. Murder Phone is more than a podcast—it’s a protected body of work. Respect it, or face the consequences.”

    59 min
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About

In Season One Tony will cover his life with a brain injury and how it eventually led him to corresponding with some of the world's most notorious serial killers. The first season will describe Tony's 6 year relationship with David Gore. Through Gore’s letters you will get to know this monster’s most intimate thoughts. How he hunted, what were his trophies, personal detailed descriptions of killings, his Death Row relationship with Ted Bundy and how he literally talked his way into the execution chamber. You will hear interviews with women who survived to tell of their horrifying experience with David Gore and Fred Waterfield The Killing Cousins. Tony will cover a story that not many know and no one ever talks about. We guarantee that this season will get you as close to a Serial Killer as you ever want to be.  Standard Legal Disclaimer for Murder Phone: “The content of this podcast, including all phone calls, interviews, and original commentary, is the exclusive property of Murder Phone Podcasts, You Tube Video,Ciaglia Productions and Murder Phone LLC and any and all Murder Phone Productions. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or redistribution of any part of this show—including but not limited to recorded calls with incarcerated individuals—is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action. All audio recordings featured in this podcast are used with permission and are protected under copyright law. Any individual or entity using our original material without express written consent will be subject to copyright infringement claims and DMCA takedown notices. Murder Phone is more than a podcast—it’s a protected body of work. Respect it, or face the consequences.”

Information

  • Creator
    Tony Ciaglia
  • Episodes
    125
  • Seasons
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Murder Phone
  • Show Website
    Murder Phone

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