Episode 101: Out Of Focus PT 1
In this week’s episode, the first part of a two-parter, Paul and Kate take us to late 1950s Los Angeles where a young model goes to a photo shoot and doesn't return. When a body is discovered, a manhunt for a possible serial killer begins.
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Sources:
“West Hollywood Blonde Model Reported Missing” (Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, August 2, 1957)
“Missing Model Kidnap Hinted” (Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, August 3, 1957)
“Blonde Model May be Voluntarily Missing” (Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, August 8, 1957)
“Missing Model Met Foul Play, Dull Fears” (Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, August 10, 1957)
“Bones Found in Hills May Be Lost LA Woman” (Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, December 30, 1957)
“Fear Foul Play for Woman on ‘Hearts’ Date” (Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, March 12, 1958)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/684009484/?match=1&terms=%22shirley%20bridgeford%22%20
“Fear for Divorcee After Blind Date” (Valley Times, March 13, 1958)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/580104074/?match=1&terms=%22shirley%20bridgeford%22%20
“Police Seek Divorcee, Blind Date” (Independent, Mach 13, 1958)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/719130319/?match=1&terms=%22shirley%20bridgeford%22%20
“Lonely Hearts Clubs Face Official Probe” (Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, March 15, 1958)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/684009589/?match=1&terms=%22shirley%20bridgeford%22%20
“Hollywood Clue in Lonely Hearts Divorcee Mystery” (Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, March 14, 1958)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/684009551/?match=1&terms=%22shirley%20bridgeford%22%20
“Use Sketches in Hunting for DIvorcee” (The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet, April 17, 1958)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/701131681/?match=1&terms=%22shirley%20bridgeford%22%20
“Slaying of Three Models Admitted” (The Los Angeles Times, October 31, 1958)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/381290891/?terms=%22Ruth%20mercado%22%20
“Slayer of Three Women Points to Desert Graves” (The Los Angeles Mirror, October 31, 1958)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/694364999/?terms=%22Ruth%20mercado%22%20
People v. Glatman
https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2d/52/283.html
“The Glamour Girl Slayer and His Trail of Death” by Mara Bovsun (The Daily News, August 4, 2019)
https://www.nydailynews.com/2019/08/04/the-glamour-girl-slayer-and-his-trail-of-death/
“Hunt Widens for Clues to Identify Dead Girl” (Greeley Daily Tribune, April 10, 1954)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/24989791/?match=1&terms=body%20boulder%20canyon
“After 55 Year, Boulder Jane Doe’s Story Finally Coming Together” by Karen Augé (The Denver Post, November 14, 2009)
“The Lonely Hearts Killer 1957-1958” by Harold Schechter (The Yale Review)
https://yalereview.org/article/lonely-hearts-killer-1957-1958