Good morning, and welcome to the Play Next newsletter. I’m Paige Hymson, a podcast producer here at The Times.
We’re taking another behind-the-scenes look at the investigative podcast series “Man in the Window,” out now. Subscribe and listen to episodes released every Tuesday.
New episodes: Last week you learned about the fear and panic that struck California in the 1970s when a rapist began attacking women and teenage girls in their own homes. The crimes shocked investigators. In today’s episode, the spotlight shifts south, as the East Area Rapist begins killing victims near the Southern California coast. Detectives who piece together the crimes are ordered to stop digging — and two slayings are pinned on a dead man.
Throughout the series, L.A. Times reporter and host Paige St. John takes listeners inside California during the 1970s and explores how attitudes toward rape played a role in the investigation — and made things worse for the women who were…