54. The Grim Sleeper Part 1 - Tastes Like A Monster Hidden In Plain Sight

Lonnie Franklin, Jr. was everybody's friend.  Gregarious.  Friendly to a fault/.  Had good jobs, first at the City Sanitation Department and then as a mechanic for the LAPD.  Lovely house on a corner lot.  Lovely and devoted wife.  Two kids.  Kinda guy that would give you the shirt off his back - or perform sometimes complex repairs to your car for just 20 bucks.  The epitome of a great neighbor.  Problem is, Lonnie Franklin, Jr. had a side gig that wasn't so friendly.  Turns out he was also one of the most prolific serial killers in the annals of crime.  And he was good at it - eventually becoming infamous as the elusive "Grim Sleeper" who got away with at least 26 brutal slayings of women in South Central Los Angeles.  26 that we know of, that is.  Join Melissa as she opens her case file on this devastating case with an overview of Franklin's evil career, to be followed in coming episodes with the horrifying details of the work of a monster who hid in plain sight for more than two decades before DNA and cheese from a pizza finally put him away.  PLUS - Melissa reveals disturbingly hilarious details from her past that MAY explain...er...a lot!