{"podcast":{"title":"True Crime California","slug":"true-crime-california-7108644","podcast_index_feed_id":7108644,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6402251/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-california--6402251","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/03865ad385e7b74231f2ca7f51e43fad.jpg","author":"True Crime California","episode_count":34,"summary":"True Crime California is a podcast about crimes that take place in, you guessed it - the great Golden State of California. Brought to you by Cindy, a former host of Twisted Listers Podcast, these stories will cover everything from well known crimes we've all heard about, to more obscure stories that need to be told. Join in weekly for new cases, with occasional multi-episode arcs for the bigger cases out there, with mini episodes coming soon too! This podcast is creepy, interesting, and all California, all the time.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T06:18:46.720788+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-california-7108644"},"episode":{"title":"TCC #19 The Speed Freak Killers","slug":"tcc-19-the-speed-freak-killers","published_at":"2025-09-26T03:09:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-california-7108644/tcc-19-the-speed-freak-killers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-california-7108644","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tcc-19-the-speed-freak-killers--67903963","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67903963/tcc_19_the_speed_freak_killers.mp3","summary":"This week, we're diving into a serial killer duo who were rightfully dubbed The Speed Freak Killers. These to drugged out losers assaulted and killed as many as 70 men and women in California's Central Valley betwen the years of 1984 and 1998, before the Sheriff in the area finally decided to put a stop to their reign of terror. These two men, Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine, were both from upper middle class families, and seemed to have it all. Behind closed doors, though, things were very different, and the traumas suffered by children can often manifest in very bad ways as they grow up. This is a perfect example of that scenario playing out to the worst possible conclusion - over and over again. Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/remains-positively-identified-as-speed-freak-killer-victim-chevy-wheeler/ https://www.kcra.com/article/shermantine-victim-others-would-be-alive-had-jury-listened/6395483 https://www.lodinews.com/news/article_56f86df2-18fc-11e4-abe0-10604b9f0f42.html Join us on instagram: True Crime California Email case suggestions to: truecrimecaliforniapod@gmail.com A proud member of the Darkcast Networki","meta_description":"This week, we're diving into a serial killer duo who were rightfully dubbed The Speed Freak Killers. These to drugged out losers assaulted and killed as m…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3151,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-california-7108644/episodes/tcc-19-the-speed-freak-killers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-california-7108644/tcc-19-the-speed-freak-killers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}