{"podcast":{"title":"UNMARKED: A True Crime Podcast","slug":"unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226","podcast_index_feed_id":7637226,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5167828.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5167828","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43493272.jpg","author":"UNMARKED: A True Crime Podcast","episode_count":31,"summary":"UNMARKED is a new true crime podcast and YouTube series built on rare interviews, real police evidence, and never-before-heard audio from some of the most infamous cases in North America. From inside prison phone calls to lost tapes and forgotten case files, these are the stories that were never meant to be heard — told by award-winning true crime filmmaker James Buddy Day. REAL CASES. REAL TAPES. NEVER-BEFORE HEARD. Exclusive interviews & archival recordings No reenactments. No gimmicks. Just the truth. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T10:17:10.408922+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226"},"episode":{"title":"7: The Grim Sleeper: A Serial Killer Hidden in Plain Sight","slug":"7-the-grim-sleeper-a-serial-killer-hidden-in-plain-sight","published_at":"2026-01-28T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226/7-the-grim-sleeper-a-serial-killer-hidden-in-plain-sight","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8865394","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8865394.mp3?modified=1772132968&sid=5167828&source=rss","summary":"For decades, the Grim Sleeper terrorized South Los Angeles — killing women in neighborhoods he knew by heart, often within miles of his own home. Lonnie Franklin Jr. wasn’t a criminal mastermind or a drifter moving between states. He was a neighbor. A city worker. A man who lived quietly beneath the LAX flight path while violence unfolded around him. In this episode of UNMARKED, we break down how Franklin was able to operate for nearly thirty years without being caught — and why traditional serial-killer profiling failed to see what was happening right in front of investigators. Using geographic profiling, DNA evidence, and firsthand accounts, we examine how systemic blind spots, ignored communities, and outdated assumptions allowed one of America’s most prolific serial killers to hide in plain sight. This is not a story about a monster. It’s a story about what happens when the most vulnerable voices go unheard — and what we can learn from the Grim Sleeper case to prevent it from happening again. UNMARKED: A true crime podcast built on real cases and never-before-heard audio. Extended interviews, primary documents, and ad-free episodes are available inside UNMARKED: Case Files https://www.patreon.com/Unmarked_TrueCrimePodcast Follow UNMARKED for additional case material, updates, and short-form analysis: • YouTube: @Unmarked_Podcast • Instagram: @unmarked_podcast • TikTok: @unmarkedpodcast • Patreon: / Unmarked_TrueCrimePodcast For readers interested in primary-source work on the Manson case, see Buddy’s book, Charles Manson: The Last Words : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQ6QRVQ7 UNMARKED: A True Crime Podcast is hosted by Audioboom.","meta_description":"For decades, the Grim Sleeper terrorized South Los Angeles — killing women in neighborhoods he knew by heart, often within miles of his own home. Lonnie F…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2223,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226/episodes/7-the-grim-sleeper-a-serial-killer-hidden-in-plain-sight/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226/7-the-grim-sleeper-a-serial-killer-hidden-in-plain-sight.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}