Lockhart Lit Festival Special Murder & Mimosas

For over four decades, a phantom terrorized California sub-divisions—committing 13 murders and over 50 rapes before vanishing without a trace. As captured in Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and Paul Holes’ Unmasked, the hunt turned into a deep personal obsession for both an investigative writer who gave the killer his infamous nickname and the cold-case detective determined to track him down. Together, their stories trace the wild journey of using groundbreaking DNA genealogy to finally unmask a predator hiding in plain sight—proving that even after forty years, you can’t outrun the truth. Join Kassie as we learn the details that gave this monster a real name on October 17th at 12 pm.