Case 280: The Stockton Arsonist

Published: April 20, 2024, 8:10 a.m.

\n*** Content warnings: Animal cruelty ***
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On a hot summer\u2019s day in 1989, a father and son travelling through Stockton, California, discover a VHS tape left by the side of a road. When they take it home and decide to watch it, they make a disturbing discovery. The tape contains footage of a house burning to the ground and was apparently filmed by the arsonist who lit the fire.
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\nWhen investigators looking into the tape hit a series of dead ends, they enlist the help of popular television series Unsolved Mysteries, and the case becomes known as that of the infamous Stockton Arsonist.
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\nNarration \u2013 Anonymous Host
\nResearch & writing \u2013 Erin Munro
\nCreative direction \u2013 Milly Raso
\nProduction and music \u2013 Mike Migas
\nMusic \u2013 Andrew D.B. Joslyn
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