S2 E4: The Cold Decades

For thirty-two years, the man behind the Golden State Killer case was a ghost — a DNA profile with no name. This episode traces the cold decades: the 2001 DNA breakthrough that proved the East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker were one man, the national database that came back empty, the detective who never stopped working the boxes, and the California DNA system this case helped build. New episodes daily — one complete case every season. Music by SINIUS (Free Music Archive, CC-BY 4.0).