The Wonderland Murders | Four on the Floor | 1

Hollywood & Crime

Wondery

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History, Exhibit C

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🗓️ 21 September 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

July 1, 1981. The Fourth of July weekend is over before it begins for LAPD Detectives Tom Lange and Robert Souza. Four people have been found brutally murdered on Wonderland Avenue in the Hollywood Hills. Another has been left for dead. From the extreme violence of the crime, Lange suspects that someone is sending a message. When a handprint is found near one of the victims, the detectives believe it could be their first big break.

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0:00.0	Wunderly Plus subscribers can binge all six episodes of The Wonderland Murders ad free.
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0:10.0	The Wonderland Murders by Hollywood and Crime contains depictions of violence and is not suitable for everyone.
0:15.0	Please be advised.
0:17.0	This is July 1, 1981.
0:21.0	We are at 8763 Wonder Women Drive. We are now in the residence.
0:30.3	The current blood splatterings are evident on the south and west walls and on the
0:39.0	sofa located on the west wall of the living room. There is evidence of ransacking in this room.
0:45.8	The narcotics paraphernalia is evident on a coffee table directly above victim one.
0:55.0	Victim one's head is facing in a sullenly direction.
1:00.0	The body is partially covered by a pink and white checkered spread.
1:07.0	With the 4th of July weekend just beginning,
1:11.0	LAPD Detective Tom Lange knew things could get strange.
1:16.2	Still he hoped for a relaxing weekend riding horses at the Antelope Valley home of his
1:20.6	ex-partner. On call with the homicide special section, he knew routine
1:25.6	murders would be handled by local police units. It would take a high-profile
1:29.6	case to interrupt his plans. As he got back from the trails, his friend's wife came out of the house
1:36.3	and motioned to him. She told him his wife, Linda, was on the phone and it sounded important.
1:42.3	He took the receiver and knew immediately from the tone in Linda's voice that it was serious.
1:48.0	Lieutenant Ron Lewis in homicide was looking for him.
1:52.0	Lange quickly found a pen and jotted down the details,
1:55.0	four down in Laurel Canyon.
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