252: Survival: The Survivors of William Bonin, Part 1

Roger Sproston was hitchhiking home when he was picked up by a man who went on to try and strangle him to death. When he escaped and informed police, they told him he had just likely encountered a serial killer. So who was this serial killer? And did anyone else survive?To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelictiOur merch store can be found at teepublic.com/stores/corpus-delicti-podcastMusic by:Kai Engel"Daemones"Blooper music by:Art of Escapism"Coal Miners"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.Sources:How a Wolverhampton man escaped the clutches of a serial killer | Express & Star (expressandstar.com)Experience: I escaped from a serial killer | US crime | The GuardianRoger Sproston on the lost art of travel including hiking alone in Kathmandu | Daily Mail OnlinePeople v. Bonin (1988) :: :: Supreme Court of California Decisions :: California Case Law :: California Law :: US Law :: JustiaGadsden Times - Google News Archive SearchSan Bernardino Sun 19 October 1980 — California Digital Newspaper Collection (ucr.edu)William George Bonin, Petitioner-appellant, v. Arthur Calderon, As Warden of San Quentin State Prison;james Rowland, Director of the Californiadepartment of Corrections, Respondents-appellees, 59 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. 1995) :: JustiaPAGE ONE -- Boys' Killer Led a Twisted, Tortured Life (sfgate.com)The Vietnam War is to blame for the 14... - UPI ArchivesProfile of Serial Killer William Bonin, The Freeway Killer (thoughtco.com)TESTIMONY GRAPHIC IN 'FREEWAY KILLINGS' CASE - The New York Times (nytimes.com)1/8/1981 - Freeway Killer case details - Newspapers.com™William Bonin: The Freeway Killer - Crime Library on truTV.com (archive.org)The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive SearchThe Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive SearchAn 18-year-old who reportedly led police to the prime... - UPI Archives