Good morning, and welcome to the first edition of the Play Next newsletter.
We’re here to take you behind the scenes of The Times’ podcasts, share recommendations from the podcast world and hear from you.
Launching Today: For decades, the Golden State Killer eluded police and terrorized California. Now, a suspect is in jail and awaiting trial. How did the violence go on for so long? And is there anything to be learned from the investigation that eventually used DNA technology to help authorities identify the suspect?
The new podcast “Man in the Window” examines these and other disturbing questions. Hosted by Times staff writer Paige St. John, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, this six-part narrative dissects decades of crime and police work during the hunt to capture and identify the man charged with murders and kidnappings across California.
Among the evidence collected in the cold case are fingerprints lifted from crime…