Butchers of L.A. continues its grim march through Southern California’s 1970s crime wave with Thursday’s episode, On the Freeway. Airing at 10 PM ET on SundanceTV, this chapter finds authorities realizing that even with Patrick Kearney in custody, another killer roams free. It’s a chilling revelation that ramps up the hunt for “The Freeway Killer,” a moniker that, as the title implies, ties to a gruesome mobile torture chamber.
The new true-crime series investigates three distinct predators who terrorized the region: Kearney, William Bonin, and Randy Kraft. On the Freeway focuses on the unnerving discovery that the killings were not the work of a lone wolf, but rather a chilling collaboration, or at least a series of connected, independent actions. The shift in the investigation, prompted by the murder patterns, suggests a more expansive, terrifying criminal landscape.
Butchers of L.A. is not for the faint of heart. It seeks to bring to light the harrowing events that haunted the region decades ago, forcing a close look at the methods and madness of these serial killers.
