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Episode: Herbert Mullin: The Santa Cruz Killer Who Believed Murder Prevented Earthquakes
Description: Herbert Mullin: The Santa Cruz Killer Who Believed Murder Prevented EarthquakesIn 1972, Herbert Mullin murdered thirteen people across Santa Cruz, California, during a six-month killing spree that terrorized the community already known as the "Murder Capital of the World." The homicide investigation revealed victims ranging from a hitchhiking college student to a Catholic priest killed inside a confessional booth, with forensic evidence and detective work eventually connecting the seemingly random murders to one disturbed killer whose conviction would hinge on whether his paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis proved legal insanity.Herb Mullin genuinely believed he was saving California...