The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes (2022 TV Special) User Reviews

Well made .

[sylvaingnostic · 8/10 · 24 October 2022]

I just saw this documentary and i thought it looked like most good real crime out there .

The fact that i have never heard of this psychopath made me interested and facinated .

The back story on him was pretty sad and in those days resources were quite limited . The editing was pretty good , sound was perfect , clips used were good quality , the audio recording of the interview are good quatity but you dont hear much of it ...but a few bits here and there .

One thing i would like in those kinds of documentaries is more graphic (maybe with a warning) , but more graphic pictures of the victims and the coroners pictures to see the scene and wounds .

Overall this was a very good watch and i liked it because it kept me interested .

My score is 8/10 ...editing was good because it was well researched . Interviews with detectives and other parties was good .

Not One of the Better Docs

[arfdawg-1 · 3/10 · 9 November 2022]

I've seen a few of these sort of serial killer documentaries, including another series that included the freeway killer. It was way better than this one.

The 70's and 80's saw a whole hell of a lot of serial killers in Los Angeles. Who knows what was going on back then, but there sure were a lot of killers dumping bodies all over the place.

This doc just doesnt connect. It basically goes like this: Murder. Play some tapes of the killer talking about it. Interview an expert. Repeat.

It's so repetitive that you get bored early on. I just didnt feel it was very well done.

And where's the incite about why there were so many serial killers around this time?

one of the...

[ops-52535 · 10/10 · 26 October 2022]

Forgotten serial killers of the 70's and 80's, william bonin, the freeway killer of california, more or less bound to 4 counties in the l.a. Area. Luring young teenage kids into his van, sexually molesting, torturing and killing at least 21 in a record short timeline, attacking gender confused boys and streetboys, living out his psycho/sosio.pathic view against/toward homosexuals. A complex criminal figure, where extremely lot of material were confidetialized, due to several reasons, how he got caught were just a shot of luck.

I do really wonder why they made a film about this caracter, cause there mustve been material for at least a 6 hour docu series in these tapes and interviews. I think that wouldve been a deed of replanishment from the justice department towards the lgbtq+ society to reveal what he did to their gender brothers. But at least a very well sewn together real crime documentary, loads of old pictorial and news media reels of historic value, and the motto must be... dont hitch hike whatever reason...even a grumpy old man knows that. A must see for the TC geeks.