⚠️ VIEWER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED. This episode contains discussion of sexual violence, torture, and murder involving minors and adults.
On this episode of From One to Wicked, we dive into the life and crimes of Randy Kraft—aka the Scorecard Killer, the Southern California Strangler, and one of the so-called Freeway Killers. Between 1972–1983, Kraft targeted young men (many of them U.S. Marines) across California, Oregon, and Michigan, with a confirmed count in the teens and suspicions that his victims may number far higher.
We trace Kraft’s path from an apparently bright, well-liked kid in Long Beach—churchgoing family, accelerated classes, saxophone and tennis—to his years at Claremont Men’s College, political pivots, and Air Force service and discharge. Then we follow the escalation: drug-facilitated abductions, a chilling M.O., and the cryptic “scorecard” that investigators believe cataloged victims. We also cover the multi-agency hunt that struggled to connect cases spread along freeways and state lines, plus the confusion created by multiple “Freeway Killer” offenders operating in the same era.
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