The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast

The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast

A deep dive into the darker side of the Golden State hosted by Roseanne with a quietly intense storytelling style and is always ad-free

Episodes

June 19, 2017 2 mins

The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast:  True Crime Deadtime Stories From The Golden State And Beyond Created & Hosted By Roseanne


**Please note the sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

Killafornia Dreaming is a ONE woman, independent, ad-free true crime podcast that focuses on crimes in California or with a California ...

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The Life and Crimes of Former Actor and Wannabe MMA Fighter Joe Son


**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

Korean-born actor Joe Son landed the key role as Austin Power's villain Random Task.  Nobody knew it at the time, but he was actually one very brutal criminal.  This very first episode of Killafornia Dre...

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Three Family Annihilators That Rocked The Korean-American Community in 2006. 

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

[Formerly Titled The Tale of the Fathers] In the course of 7 days in the Spring of 2006, a Southern California Cultural Community was stunned by three shockingly similar tragedies that were completely u...

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The Murder Of Actor And Comedian Phil Hartman Committed By His Wife Brynn Hartman

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

Today's tale is the story of love and marriage gone terribly wrong, and the entertainment world wakes up one spring morning in 1998 to the shocking news that one of its most beloved comedians is...

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The Story of Alcatraz Island aka "The Rock"

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

Where did we used to house the worst of the worst or America's criminals? Today's bonus episode takes you on a tour of San Francisco Bay's infamous Alcatraz Island.
 
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The Coast to Coast Murderous Crime Spree of Andrew Cunanan

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

Twenty years ago, one man went on a months long, cross-country rage-fueled killing spree that initiated one of the largest, most intense manhunts in American history, leaving a trail of death and destruction that would lea...

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The 2002 Murder of Samantha Bree Runnion Committed By Alejandro Avila

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

Samantha Bree Runnion was playing in her front yard with a friend when she was brazenly abducted, assaulted, and murdered by a sexual predator.  15 years later, her mother, Erin, continues to work towards educat...

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The Rise and Fall of Disgraced Former Orange County, California Sheriff Mike Carona


**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

We discuss the role of the Sheriff in America and we delve into the rise and fall of the Sheriff at the heart of Episode 5, Mike Carona.

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The Story Behind the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

We take a tour of a legendary home located in Northern California with a storied history of purportedly being haunted by the spirits of those killed by the invention of the owner's dead husband.  Find out w...

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The Case of Bonnie Lee Bakley And The Only Suspect, Her Husband Actor Robert Blake

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

(Formerly titled "The Tale of the Victim Blame Game").  Bonnie Lee Bakley was many things in her life...a con artist, an identity thief, and an all around lonely hearts type swindler.  She...

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The Case  of Bonnie Lee Bakley And The Only Suspect, Her Husband Actor Robert Blake

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

(Formerly titled "The Tale of the Victim Blame Game").  Bonnie Lee Bakley was many things in her life...a con artist, an identity thief, and an all around lonely hearts type swindler.  Sh...

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The 2013 Mass Killing And Crime Spree of Disgraced Ex-Cop Christopher Dorner

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

(Formerly titled "The Tale of the Last Resort").  Today's episode is about the concept of the Manifesto, more specifically the one posted on Facebook in 2013 by disgraced ex-cop Christopher...

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The 2001 Mauling Death of Diane Whipple by a Pair of Her Neighbor's Presa Canario Mastiffs

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

Today we take a journey north to the beautiful city of San Francisco, where a very ugly event took place on January 26, 2001.  Today’s tale is the story of two killers…but they were no...

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The Story of One Identical Twin Sister's Attempt to Steal the Life of the Other - Sunny and Gina Han

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

(Formerly titled "The Tale of Sisterly Love").  Today we take a journey into the picturesque Orange County community of Irvine, where, in 1996 the turbulent lives of...

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The Story of Former Child Star Dana Plato From Her Rise To Fame To Her Fall From Grace

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

Dana Plato was a vibrant young aspiring model, actress and Olympic level figure skater when she landed the role that would make her a star - Kimberly Drummond on the hit 70s-80s show Diff’rent S...

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The Poignant Tale of One California Town's Connection To the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

Dreamers, this is a special episode in remembrance of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01. You will hear the poignant tale of one California town's tragic connection to this ev...

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The 1997 Sexual Assault And Murder Of 7-Year-Old Sherrice Iverson Committed By Jeremy Strohmeyer

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

(Formerly titled "The Tale of Your Worst Nightmare"). Today, we are going to take a short road trip to our neighboring state of Nevada, where a murder of a little Southern Ca...

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The 1997 North Hollywood Bank Of America Robbery And Shootout Committed By Larry Phillips Jr. And Emil Mătăsăreanu.

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!**

(Formerly titled "The Tale of 44 Minutes"). Today we head to North Hollywood, California, where, on February 28, 1997, two men perpetrated a brazen mid-mor...

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The 2004 Murders Of Tom And Jackie Hawks Masterminded By Skylar Deleon

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!  Also, KD is no longer a part of the Orbital Jigsaw Network or Blubrry**

(Formerly titled "The Tale of Lost at Sea").  Today we take a detour to the beautiful boating community of Newport Beach, Califor...

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The Story Of Former Child Actors And Stars Of 'Diff'rent Strokes' Todd Bridges And Gary Coleman

**The sound quality of the first couple dozen episodes of this show isn't good; I was still learning!!  Skip ahead about a year!  Also, KD is no longer a part of the Orbital Jigsaw Network or Blubrry**

Dreamers, I am unfortunately under the weather and am unable to record the usual full length episod...

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